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Regiment: Indian Army.
Died: 14 July 1915 aged 49 in Africa. Killed in action in E. Africa.
Battle: East African Campaign. Cemetery: Taveta Military Cemetery VI B 2
Born 2nd April 1866. Son of Henry and Marie Vallings, 12 Lansdown Crescent, Malvern.
Modern III—Middle IV.
Liverpool Regt. (from Militia) 1888; Indian Staff Corps 1891.,
Lieut.-Colonel 29th Punjabis 1914: N.W. Frontier 1897—98, Malakand,
Medal with Clasp; Waziristan 1902, Despatches, Clasp.
Great War Despatches.
Husband of Gertrude Vallings, of Netherbury Court, Netherbury, Dorset.
'He obtained his first commission in the Liverpool Regiment in May 1888, and entered the Indian Army in 1891, reaching the substantive rank of Lieut.-Colonel on May 9th last year. He had been a double-company commander in the 29th Punjabis since May 1905, and had recently been acting as temporary second in command. He saw service on the North-West Frontier of India in 1897-8 as Orderly Officer to the Officer Commanding, and again in 1901-2, adding thereby another clasp to his medal. He was also mentioned in despatches. He was killed in action in East Africa on July 14th.' (Malvernian, Jul 1915).
There is a commemorative brass plaque to him in the church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, Carisbrooke (Newport) on the Isle of Wight, where it is stated that he fell in action at Mbuyuni, East Africa.Plaque photo and details