25th County of London Cyclist Battalion
The London Regiment


 Herbert Henry GAYLER (Bert)

Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19

Gayler, Herbert Henry, resident Willesden, enlisted Fulham, 740705, Cyc., died of wounds in India, 23 Jun 1917.
 
['Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19', Vol. 10, Part 76, Page 206, 25th (County of London) Battalion (Cyclists), pub. 1921 by His Majesty's Stationary Office] 

 

Gayler's Grave - Waziristan.

[Photos from the album of Reginald Cuthbert GRIFFITHS]

Plaque in Church in Jullundur

Jullundur Church

[Jullundur Church photos courtesy of Valerie Cliff]

 

In Memory of

Private HERBERT H. GAYLER

740705, 25th Bn., London Regiment (Cyclists)

who died on 23 June 1917

Remembered with honour Delhi Memorial (India Gate) Face 23.

Of the servicemen commemorated by name on the memorial, just over 1,000 lie in cemeteries to the west of the River Indus, where maintenance was not possible. The remainder died in fighting on or beyond the North West Frontier and during the Third Afghan War, and have no known grave. The Delhi Memorial (India Gate) stands at the eastern end of the Rajpath, or Kingsway.

[Courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission]