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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
[[File:George Channer VC Grave 2017.jpg|thumb|left|The grave of George Channer VC in [[East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford|East-the-Water Cemetery]] in [[Bideford]]]] | [[File:George Channer VC Grave 2017.jpg|thumb|left|The grave of George Channer VC in [[East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford|East-the-Water Cemetery]] in [[Bideford]]]] | ||
George Channer was born at [[Allahabad]], India, on 7 January 1842, the eldest surviving son of eight children of George Girdwood Channer,<ref name="FamTree">{{cite web | url=http://www.ghgraham.org/georgechanner1843.html | title=Graham - Milburn Family tree | accessdate=4 March | George Channer was born at [[Allahabad]], India, on 7 January 1842, the eldest surviving son of eight children of George Girdwood Channer,<ref name="FamTree">{{cite web | url=http://www.ghgraham.org/georgechanner1843.html | title=Graham - Milburn Family tree | accessdate=4 March 2013}}</ref> colonel, Bengal artillery (1811–1895) and Susan (d. 1895), daughter of Nicholas Kendall JP, vicar of Talland and Lanlivery, Cornwall. He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]].<ref name="DNB" /> | ||
Joining the army in September 1859, he served in India with the [[89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot|89th]] and [[95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot|95th regiments]], seeing active service in the [[Ambela campaign]] of 1863–4. In August 1866 he entered the [[Indian Staff Corps|Bengal Staff Corps]], serving with the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] for the remainder of his career.<ref name="DNB">{{cite ODNB | id=32362 | title=Channer, George Nicholas (1842–1905)|author= H. M. Vibart, rev. James Lunt}}</ref> | Joining the army in September 1859, he served in India with the [[89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot|89th]] and [[95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot|95th regiments]], seeing active service in the [[Ambela campaign]] of 1863–4. In August 1866 he entered the [[Indian Staff Corps|Bengal Staff Corps]], serving with the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] for the remainder of his career.<ref name="DNB">{{cite ODNB | id=32362 | title=Channer, George Nicholas (1842–1905)|author= H. M. Vibart, rev. James Lunt}}</ref> | ||