A HEADSTONE HAS BEEN ERECTED OVER THE PREVIOUSLY UNMARKED GRAVE OF COLOUR SERGEANT GEORGE WALLER VC, 60TH RIFELS, IN HOLY TRINITY CHURCHYARD HURSTPIERPOINT, WEST SUSSEX. |
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15 December 2014 |
For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 20 January 1860 ], Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 14 & 18 September 1857, Colour Sergeant George Waller, 1st Bn, 60th Rifles ( King's Royal Rifle Corps )
For conspicuous bravery at Delhi on the 14th September 1857, in charging and capturing the Enemy’s guns near the Cabul Gate; and again, on the 18th of September 1857, in the repulse of a sudden attack made by the Enemy on a gun near the Chaudney Chouk.
( Elected by the Non-Commissioned Officers of the Regiment under Rule 13 of the Royal Warrant dated 29 January 1856 )
George Waller was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on the 9th November 1860.
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Medal entitlement of Colour Sergeant George Waller, 1st Bn, 60th Rifles
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Iain Stewart, 15 December 2014