Lieutenant General Sir Richard James Holden Webb, KBE, CB (21 December 1919 – 24 January 1990) was a senior commander in the New Zealand Army.
[2][3][4] He was educated at Nelson College from 1930 to 1937, where he was a prefect and a member of the 1st XV rugby team in his final year.
[6][7] Webb entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in Canberra, Australia, in 1939 as an officer cadet sponsored by the New Zealand government.
[10] Webb succeeded Major General Robert Dawson as Chief of the General Staff (CGS), the professional head of the New Zealand Army, on 1 April 1970 and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours two months later.
[11][12] The post lasted only eighteen months as Webb was selected as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in 1971.