Frederick Richard Webster (31 December 1914 – 28 September 2009) was a British Army officer (brigadier) and Olympic pole vaulter.
He also competed for England in the pole vault at the 1934 British Empire Games in London and four years later he competed for England at the 1938 British Empire Games in the pole vault again.
[2] Webster was British pole vault champion in 1936,[3][4] 1939[5][6] and 1948 after winning the event at the prestigious AAA Championships.
[8] Webster served as an officer in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, was evacuated from Dunkirk, and fought in North Africa and Italy.
[1] After the war, he worked as a military instructor in Egypt, retiring from the army with the rank of brigadier in 1967.