Herbert Gayler

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]

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

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