Herbert Gayler Explained

Herbert Gayler
Birth Date:3 December 1881
Birth Place:Chislehurst, Kent, England[1]
Death Place: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. He took part in the Waziristan campaign against the Mahsud tribe, and was killed by sniper fire in an ambush on 23 June 1917.[5] Gayler is commemorated at India Gate.

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  1. Web site: Herbert Gayler – London 1/25th Regt. www.25thlondon.com.
  2. Web site: Herbert Gayler . Olympedia . 5 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Herbert Gayler Olympic Results . 11 May 2013 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130204200822/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/bert-gayler-1.html . 4 February 2013 .
  4. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022804/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . 7 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Herbert Henry GAYLER (Bert) . 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion . 19 May 2020.

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