Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1906 and the college archives say: 'Edward Channer matriculated in 1906 and was a College exhibitioner. He graduated in 1909 with second class honours in Modern History and, after obtaining a Teacher’s Diploma, he worked in several different schools. At the outbreak of the war Edward Channer attempted to enlist but was rejected on medical grounds. He was subsequently taken under subscription and finished top of a class of snipers despite having weak eyesight. Private Edward Channer was sent to France in early 1917 and was killed in action near Vermelles on 7 July 1917.'