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

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. Gayler is commemorated at India Gate.

Herbert Gayler

See also

List of Olympians killed in World War I

References

External links

Diary of the campaign, includes the circumstances of Gayler's death

1881 births

1917 deaths

Military personnel from Kent

British male cyclists

Olympic cyclists for Great Britain

Cyclists at the 1912 Summer Olympics

People from Christchurch, Dorset

Sportspeople from Dorset

British military personnel killed in World War I

London Regiment soldiers

British Army personnel of World War I

Deaths by firearm in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Herbert Gayler