Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet

Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet
Born 2 September 1837
Died 9 October 1892
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major-General
Commands held 7th Regiment of Foot
Battles/wars Crimean War

Major-General Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet (2 September 1837 - 9 October 1892) was a British Army officer who served as commanding officer of the 7th Regiment of Foot.

Military career

Waller was commissioned into the 7th Regiment of Foot on 10 August 1854[1] and saw action in the Crimean War.[2] He became commanding officer of the regiment on October 1871[3] and was promoted to major-general on 7 April 1886.[4] He married Beatrice Katherine Frances Tower; they had two sons and two daughters.[5] He lived at Woodcote in Warwickshire.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21581. p. 2468. 11 August 1854.
  2. ↑ "Death of General Waller". The Advertiser, Adelaide. 12 February 1892. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Royal Fusiliers: Commanding Officers". British Empire. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25579. p. 1900. 11 August 1854.
  5. ↑ The Marquis of Ruvigny and Ranieval (1911). "The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume". p. 536.
  6. ↑ "The Wise and Waller Families at Woodcote - Later Years". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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