Brigadier Dick Webster Army officer and international athlete was born on December 31, 1914. He died on September 28, 2009, aged 94 He had a distinguished army career, which he had begun by completing the young officers course at the School of Artillery at Larkhill, Wiltshire, in 1937. As a member of the British Expeditionary Force, his searchlight battery was evacuated through Dunkirk. He saw further service in North Africa and Italy, where he was mentioned in dispatches. In 1945 he was posted as an instructor to the Egyptian Army Staff College in Cairo. Among his pupils were Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser, both subsequently Presidents of Egypt. Further postings abroad after the war included Korea and Hong Kong. In 1957 Webster was posted as Commanding Officer of 42nd Field Regiment RA at Plymouth, the first gunner regiment since the war to be composed entirely of regular soldiers. He was promoted to brigadier in 1959 and subsequently became Deputy Director of Movements for the Army at the War Office for three years. His final posting was as Brigadier Royal Artillery (BRA) Northern Command, later combining this with duties of BRA Scottish Command. After 15 years farming in South Africa, he retired to Wiltshire. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. One son Mike served with 42 Regiment as a Major