John Richard Webster was the first child of George Webster & Mary Emma Webster born Jan-March 1881 at Hitcham, Bucks.
In the 1881 census John was just 3 months old & he & his parents were living with George’s parents Richard & Mary Ann Webster at Hill Farm, Hitcham, Bucks.
At the time of the 1901 census John, an undergraduate student at Cambridge University was at home with his parents & sisters at Hill Farm.
John joined the 1st/4th Battalion of the London Regiment of the Royal Fusiliers.
A notice in the London Gazette of October 7th, 1914 shows the appointment
on September 23rd, 1914 of John Richard Webster to the rank of Second Lieutenant.
He was killed while serving in France on September 9th, 1916 when his rank
was Captain, & is remembered with honour at the Thiepval Memorial, which
commemorates those who died in the Battle of the Somme.