Birthplace:
- Bengal, India

Birthdate:
- 19 December 1847

Nationality:
- Not known

Family Background:
- Not known, though the location of Waugh's birth might indicate that the father was an officer in the British or Indian armies, or else a member of the Indian Civil Service

At Sandhurst:
- Yes

Foreign Languages:
- French

Career before Halifax:
- Ensign, 56th Foot, 22 January 1867 (purchase)
- to 78th Highlanders by transfer, 13 February 1867

Postings while in NS Command:
- Halifax, 9 May 1869 to 25 November 1871

Career after Halifax:
- Lieutenant, 7 July 1869 (purchase)
- Captain, 2 March 1878
- retired with gratuity, 12 July 1881
- served with 78th in Afghan War of 1880

Died:
- 1890