Eddie Webster

[1] He was killed in a military vehicle accident during World War II.

[3] The following year, Webster became the national 10 miles champion and the national steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1925 AAA Championships.

[4][5] He then retained his steeplechase title and also became the national 4 miles champion at the 1926 AAA Championships.

[10] It transpired that Webster had been paid for the a photograph of him in a publication, which the AAA deemed as affecting his amateur status.

[11] 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 demobilised.