George Waller
Colour-Sergeant, 1st Battalion. 60th Rifles
- Register No.
- 1263 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Colour-Sergeant (register: Lieutenant) all Colour-Sergeants →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion. 60th Rifles all 60th Rifles VCs →
- Date of action
- 14 September 1857; 18 September 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 20th January 1860 on this day → all of 1860 →
- Born
- in June 1827 at West Horsley, Guildford, Surrey
- Died
- 10th January 1877 at Cuckfield, Sussex
- Medal held by
- the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester
Digest of citation
For conspicuous bravery on two occasions, during the Indian Mutiny, the 14th and 18th September 1857. The first occasion, the 14th September 1857, Colour-Sergeant Waller when he charged and captured the enemy's guns at the nearby Kabul Gate at Delhi, India, and on the second occasion, the 18th September, 1857 during the repulse of an attack by the enemy on the gun near the Chaudney Chouk. He was elected, by the Regiment, for the Victoria Cross under Rule 13 of the Royal Warrant
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
WALLER, George. (reg No. 1263).
Colour-Sergeant . 1st Battalion. 60th Rifles. * London Gazetted on 20th January 1860.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester.
Born in June 1827 at West Horsley, Guildford, Surrey.
Died on 10th January 1877 at Cuckfield, Sussex. Interred in an unmarked grave at Holy Trinity churchyard, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. Memorial on King's Royal Rifle Corps Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester.
Digest of Citation reads: For conspicuous bravery on two occasions, during the Indian Mutiny, the 14th and 18th September 1857. The first occasion, the 14th September 1857, Colour-Sergeant Waller when he charged and captured the enemy's guns at the nearby Kabul Gate at Delhi, India, and on the second occasion, the 18th September, 1857 during the repulse of an attack by the enemy on the gun near the Chaudney Chouk. He was elected, by the Regiment, for the Victoria Cross under Rule 13 of the Royal Warrant.
* King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Additional information:. It is recorded in the Victoria Cross 1856-1920 published by J B HAYWARD and Son, that Colour-Sergeant Waller was serving with the 25th Bombay Light Infantry at the time of this action.
Additional information
It is recorded in the Victoria Cross 1856-1920 published by J B HAYWARD and Son, that Colour-Sergeant Waller was serving with the 25th Bombay Light Infantry at the time of this action.
* King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Interred in an unmarked grave at Holy Trinity churchyard, Hurstpierpoint,
Sussex. Memorial on King's Royal Rifle Corps Memorial, Winchester
Cathedral, Winchester.
Register note: Multiple acts
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