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{{Infobox military person
|name= William Francis Frederick Waller
|birth_date=20 August 1839
|death_date=29 January 1885 (aged 45)
|birth_place= Dagoolie, [[British India]]
|death_place=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Somerset]]
|placeofburial=[[Locksbrook Cemetery]], Bath
|image=Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
|image_size=125
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{UK}}
|serviceyears=1857-
|rank=[[Colonel]]
|branch=[[Bengal Army]]<br>[[British Indian Army]]
|commands=
|unit=
|battles=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
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Colonel '''William Francis Frederick Waller''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (20 August 1839 – 29 January 1885) was a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Details==
[[File:Grave of William Francis Frederick Waller.jpg|thumb|upright|Grave in [[Locksbrook Cemetery]], Bath]]
Waller was born at Dagoolie, India, on 20 August 1839. He was the son of Thomas Waller & his wife Alicia Ann née Gilbert. He married Mary Anna Grierson on 16 June 1864 at Bombay, India.<ref name=avon>[http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/avon.htm GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS IN THE COUNTY OF AVON] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141858/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/avon.htm |date=28 October 2004 }} at prestel.co.uk, retrieved 4 August 2008</ref>

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 it. Rose was killed, but for his part in the action Waller was awarded the Victoria Cross. His citation read:
{{quote|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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22601|page=957|date=25 February 1862}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|title=Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&pg=PA99|year=1990|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7023-140-0|page=99}}</ref>}}

However, the award was not [[London Gazette|gazetted]] until 25 February 1862.<ref name=avon/>

He later achieved the rank of [[colonel]]. He died at [[Bath, Somerset]], on 29 January 1885 and is buried there in the [[Locksbrook Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbwallew.htm Grave restoration]</ref> His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the [[Imperial War Museum]], London.

==Family==
Waller married and had children, including Frederick Charles Livingston Waller.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Marriages|date=23 September 1902 |page=1 |issue=36880}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Find a Grave|7827991}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141858/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/avon.htm Location of grave and VC medal biographical details] ''(Avon)''
*[http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbwallew.htm VC medal auction details]

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[[Category:1839 births]]
[[Category:1885 deaths]]
[[Category:British recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Bombay Staff Corps officers]]
[[Category:British East India Company Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Rebellion of 1857 recipients of the Victoria Cross]]
[[Category:Indian Political Service officers]]

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