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Name: CHANNER, Vivian Kendall Hood 'Chan' (Brigadier)
Nee: son of George Kendall Channer
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1901 Almora, India
Death Date: 25 July 1975 Timau
First Date: 1929
Last Date: 1975
Profession: 4th K.A.R. and Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Garrison commander at Meru from 1937-38
Area: Molo, Timau, Njoro
Married: Irene May Lucy b. 2 July 1908 Nairobi, d. 3 Dec 1980 Timau (dau. of John Puckmore Lucy)
Children: Susan (1936); John Kendall (1938-12 Apr 2017 Queensland, Aus.)
Book Reference: Over my Shoulder, Foster, Hut, Barnes, Uganda Staff
General Information:
Foster - Jack Lucey had heard of the Timau area from his son-in-law, Brigadier Channer of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) who had also served in the KAR. While Channer was travelling between Meru - where he was the one but last Garrison Commander - and Nairobi, he had often enjoyed fishing for trout in the mountain streams stocked in the 1920s by Raymond Hook of Nanyuki. Channer's widow, Irene, who was one of the first European children to be born in Kenya (1909), lived on Ol Donyo farm. Her parents, who died in 1946, lie buried on their farm.
Nanyuki cemetery - Brig. V.K.H. Channer - 20-8-1901 - 15-7-1975
Gazette - 15/1/1929 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - 3rd KAR - Lt. V.K.H. Channer
Gazette 22 May 1981 wife's probate