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VC341 George Nicholas Channer
BORN 7 January 1843
DIED 13 December 1905 AGE 62
VC Won 20 December 1875 AGE 32
Place VC Won Perak, Malaya
War/Campaign Malaya
Name George Nicholas Channer No.
VC Issue No. 341 Awards VC CB
Regiment Indian Army, Bengal Staff Corps & 1st Gurkha Rifles
Later 1st King George V’s Own Gurkha Rifles
Now 1st Gorkha Rifles, Indian Army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career General
Place Of Birth Allahabad, India
Place Of Death Westward Ho, Devon, England
Buried/Location Ashes East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford, Devon
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section C, Grave 505
Gazetted 12 April 1876
VC Presented 1876, India
Memorials
P Headstone, East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford, Devon
Plaque at Northam Parish Church, Devon
P Named on Roll of Honour, Big Classical & portrait in Main Entrance, 1st Floor, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
Display & named in memorial book 'For Valour', Cheltenham College Library, Gloucestershire
Entry in 'Honours Book', Archives Department, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
P Framed citation & picture in Classroom no. 4, Centenary Block, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
By The Way…
One of 14 old Cheltonians to win the Victoria Cross
VC Held By
Not know
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