Albert Gregory Waller

Captain Albert Gregory Waller MC was an Irish flying ace of the First World War, credited with eleven aerial victories. He would return to Britains military service during the Second World War.

Waller was born in Galway, Ireland. His family were descendants of Richard Waller, a lieutenant in Cromwells New Model Army during the conquest of Ireland, who was awarded Castle Cully and its lands near Newport, County Tipperary in 1666. Richard Wallers greatgrandson William Thomas Waller married Eliza Augusta Guinness, the granddaughter of Arthur Guinness. His eldest son George Arthur Waller became Guinness Chief Brewer and Engineer, while his fourth son Francis Albert Waller was the managing director of Banagher Maltings in Shannon Grove, County Galway, near Banagher, County Offaly. Francis Albert Waller married Frances Otway onSeptember 1872, and they had nine children, of whom Albert Gregory Waller was the youngest.

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