Name
Thomas George Waller
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/03/1918
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
199160
Royal Field Artillery
"D" Bty. 70th Bde.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pre War
Selina Ann Kentish married Walter Thomas Waller in Mortlake in 1893 and their son Thomas George Waller, was born in 1895 in Harefield. Another son William Walter Waller was born in 1897.
In 1901 Thomas, aged 5, was living at Copper Mill, Harefield with his grandfather, George Kentish, and his family. In 1911 he was still living with them at the Dumb Bell, Hornhill, Chalfont St Peter, along with his 2 half cousins, David and Richard Kentish who were also killed in the WW1 and commemorated on West Hyde Memorial.
In 1901 and 1911 Thomas’s mother, Selina was working as a servant at 13 Cathcart Road, Kensington and his brother, William, was living in Chesham with relations. In 1901, his father was living at the Bull Inn, Chelsham, Surrey, stating that he was a widower. In 1911 was living in Croydon with his wife, Isabella and daughter, Cissie, having apparently been married for 7 years. In 1939 Selina Ann Waller was living with her son Walter at Cowley Mill Rd, Uxbridge.
Wartime Service
Thomas Waller enlisted at High Wycombe but the date of enlistment is not known.
The Arras memorial commemorates nearly 35 000 servicemen who died in this area between spring 1916 and August 1918.
It is not known for certain, but it is likely that Thomas was killed in action during the German spring offensive of 1918.
Additional Information
CWGC states that he was the son of Mrs Selina A Waller of 11 Cathcart Rd, South Kensington, London (after his death). His soldier’s effects of £10 4s 10d and a War gratuity of £4 10s were divided between his mother Selina and his brother, William.
Acknowledgments
Pat Hamilton
