Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet

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.

Sir George Henry Waller, 3rd Baronet
Born2 September 1837
Died9 October 1892
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held7th Regiment of Foot
Battles/warsCrimean War

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. "No. 21581". The London Gazette. 11 August 1854. p. 2468.
  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. "No. 25579". The London Gazette. 11 August 1854. p. 1900.
  5. The Marquis of Ruvigny and Ranieval (1911). "The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume". p. 536. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. "The Wise and Waller Families at Woodcote - Later Years". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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