Background
Waller was born at Dagoolie, India, on 20 August 1839. He was the son of Thomas Waller & his wife Alicia Ann née Gilbert.
Waller was born at Dagoolie, India, on 20 August 1839. He was the son of Thomas Waller & his wife Alicia Ann née Gilbert.
Waller was eighteen years old, and a lieutenant in the 25th Bombay Light Infantry during the Indian Mutiny. On 20 June 1858 at Gwalior, British India, Waller and another officer who was killed during the action, Lieutenant Rose, were the only Europeans present at the storming of the Gwalior Fort. With a handful of men they organised a surprise attack by night on the fort, climbing onto the roof of a house, shooting the gunners who opposed them, and, after hand-to-hand fighting, taking the fort, killing everyone in lieutenant
His citation read:
Foreign great gallantry at the capture by storm of the fortress of Qwalior, on the 20th June, 1858.
He and Lieutenant Rose, who was killed, were the only Europeans present, and, with a mere handful of men, they attacked the fortress, climbed -on the roof of a house, shot the, gunners opposed to them, carried all before them, and took the fort, killing every man in lieutenant However, the award was not gazetted until 25 February 1862.
He died at Bath, Somerset, on 29 January 1885 and is buried there in the Locksbrook Cemetery. His Venture capital is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.
