Name
Henry (Harry) Gaylor
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/12/1915
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14995
Bedfordshire Regiment
"C" Company, 7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
A. 33.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Little Berkhamsted War Memorial
Pre War
Harry was born in Little Berkhamsted in 1893 (indexed as Henry Gayler). In 1911 he was recorded as a ‘garden labourer’ and was living with his brother James (also remembered on this memorial) and their parents George (recorded as an estate woodman) and Emma at Howe Green.
Wartime Service
Harry and James both enlisted at Hertford in the 7th battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment (which suggests that they volunteered in September 1914) and landed in France on 26th July 1915. Harry died of wounds on 22nd December 1915 – probably as a result of a minor skirmish in the front line trenches near Méaulte.
Additional Information
Son of George and Emma Gaylor, of Howe Green, Little Berkhampstead, Hertford.
Acknowledgments
Martin Cope, Jim Maynard
