He was the son of Thomas Waller & his wife Alicia Ann née Gilbert.

[1] Waller was eighteen years old, and a lieutenant in the 25th Bombay Light Infantry during the Indian Mutiny.

His citation read: For great gallantry at the capture by storm of the fortress of Gwalior, 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 it.

[4] His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London.