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Rear-Admiral Montague George Bentinck Legge (16 December, 1883 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Legge was appointed in command of the destroyer Forester on 14 November, 1913.[1]
He commanded the destroyer Nerissa at the Battle of Jutland, where she fought as part of the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[2]
On 26 January, 1918, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Vesper.[3]
Legge was appointed in command of the destroyer Tancred on 11 January, 1921.[4]
Legge was appointed in command of the shallow draught steamer Widgeon on 8 November, 1921 (or 1922?) as Senior Naval Officer, Upper Yangtze.[5] In January 1925, he was superseded in that command by Salisbury Hamilton Simpson.[6]
Legge was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion in June, 1933.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 318.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 928.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
- ↑ Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 380.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394f.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
