Herbert Gayler

Herbert Gayler

Personal information
Born	(1881-12-03)3 December 1881 Chislehurst, Kent, England[1]
Died	23 June 1917(1917-06-23) (aged 35) South Waziristan, British India

Herbert Gayler (3 December 1881 – 23 June 1917) was a British cyclist.[2] He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[3] He was killed in action during the First World War.[4]

Gayler served as a private in the London Regiment during the First World War.[5] He took part in the Waziristan campaign against the Mahsud tribe, and was killed by sniper fire in an ambush on 23 June 1917.[6] Gayler is commemorated at India Gate.[5]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

References

1. "Herbert Gayler – London 1/25th Regt". www.25thlondon.com.
2. "Herbert Gayler". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
3. "Herbert Gayler Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
4. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
5. "Casualty Details: Gayler, Herbert H." Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
6. "Herbert Henry GAYLER (Bert)". 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

External links

• Diary of the campaign, includes the circumstances of Gayler's death
• Herbert Gayler at ProCyclingStats
• Herbert Gayler at Olympedia