Malvern College First World War Casualty

2nd Lieut Thomas Henry Whalley Waller

Photo of Thomas Henry Whalley Waller
House and time at Malvern: No 3, 1910 - 1915.

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regt.
Died: 22 October 1917 aged 21 in Belgium. Killed in action.
Battle: Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial P 72-75

Born 5th June 1896. Son of Dr. Alfred Whalley Waller, M.D., and Violet Sarah Waller, Waldringfield, Stroud.
Middle IV—Science Form. House Prefect.
Great War, 2nd Lieutenant 14th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment.

'T. H. Waller will always be remembered at Malvern for his continual cheerfulness and for always enabling others to share his happiness and pleasures. His sense of duty and his strong character, coupled with his unselfishness and enthusiasm, made him the best of friends and companions. His great popularity was wholly deserved, and is a proof of his unshaken loyalty to his friends.' (Malvernian, Dec 1917).

There is a Church Window memorial to him at Waldringfield.

Service record:WO 339/32760

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