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Name: CHANNER, George Kendall DSO
Nee: son of General George Nicholas Channer VC, CB
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1873 Dharmsala, Bengal
Death Date: 9 Mar 1947 Nanyuki
Last Date: 1947
Profession: Army
Married: In Horsford, Norfolk 4 Sep 1900 Gertrude Susan Hood Linzee b. 22 Jan 1871 Hampshire, d. 1961 Bideford
Children: Vivian Kendall Hood (20 Aug 1901 Almora, India-1975); Gwyneth Ursula Linzee (6 Feb 1907 Almora-1996)
Book Reference: Barnes, DSO
School: Shrewsbury, RMC Sandhurst
General Information:
DSO - 2nd Lt. (Unatt.) 16-1-95; Ind. S.C. 3-4-96; Ind. Army 16-4-97; Capt. 16-1-04; Major 16-1-13; Lt.-Col.; awarded the Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal for saving life at sea, 1894; with clasp 1901 (for saving native from drowning in India); awarded the Indian General Service Medal of 1895; with clasps for Punjab Frontier 1897-98; Samana and in the Kurram Valley 1897; Titrah 1897-98; Waziristan 1901-02 (wounded, despatches); Delhi Durbar Medal; Indian Frontier 1916; Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916-17; Palestine and Gaza and operations in the capture of Jerusalem 1917; raised the 3rd Bn. Gurkhas in Egypt 3-2-17; wounded 5 times; Despatches; The Order of the Crown of Italy (Officer)
Nanyuki Cemetery - Plot B20 - Lt.-Col. G.K. Channer, aged 74, 9 Mar 1947 in / ever loving memory / of / Lt Col George Kendall / Channer D.S.O. / late 3rd Gurkha rifles / passed to his rest / March 9th 1947 / aged 74 / 'till the day breaks. Aged 74
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife and dau-in-law Irene in Northam, Devon