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'''John Arthur Pennington Legh''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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==Life & Career==
 
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Revision as of 19:25, 23 January 2017

John Alan Pennington Legh, D.S.C. ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Legh was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 December, 1918.[1] Legh was appointed in command of the destroyer Vimiera on 17 January, 1919.[2]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry B. Rawlings
Captain of H.M. T.B. 11
8 Feb, 1915[3]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John O. Barron
Captain of H.M.S. Acasta
5 Jul, 1916[4] – 28 Jul, 1917[Inference]
Succeeded by
Oliver G. Foote
Preceded by
Roger V. Alison
Captain of H.M.S. Moresby
28 Jul, 1917[5]
Succeeded by
Godfrey R. Chambers
Preceded by
Geoffrey Corlett
Captain of H.M.S. Ulster
5 Oct, 1918[6]
Succeeded by
Patrick Butter
Preceded by
Aubrey T. Tillard
Captain of H.M.S. Vimiera
17 Jan, 1919[7]
Succeeded by
Arthur Evans

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 113.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  4. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391a.
  5. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395t.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 922a.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.