Eddie Webster
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Joseph Edward Webster |
Nationality | British |
Born | Rowley Regis, England | 15 June 1902
Died | 22 August 1945 Italy | (aged 43)
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | 10,000 metres |
Joseph Edward Webster (15 June 1902 − 22 August 1945) was a British long-distance runner.[1] He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in a military vehicle accident during World War II.[3]
Personal life
Webster served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and was killed in a road accident in Italy on 21 August 1945, a month before he was to be demobilized.[4][1] He is buried at Salerno War Cemetery.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Eddie Webster". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eddie Webster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details: Joseph Edward Webster". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
External links
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1945 deaths
- Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- British male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Olympic cross country runners
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Artillery soldiers
- Road incident deaths in Italy
- People from Rowley Regis
- Sportspeople from Sandwell
- Burials in Campania
- English male long-distance runners