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Revision as of 16:10, 27 November 2016
Rear-Admiral Montague George Bentinck Legge, D.S.O. (16 December, 1883 – 11 February, 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Legge was born in Paddington, the son of a Lieutenant Colonel E. H. Legge. He gained four months' time on passing out of Britannia. He was sent to join the Mars on 7 September, 1899.[1]
Legge was specially recommended for advancement in April, 1905 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1905.[2]
Legge was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1913.[3]
Legge was appointed in command of the destroyer Forester on 14 November, 1913.[4]
Great War
He commanded the destroyer Nerissa at the Battle of Jutland, where she fought as part of the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[5]
Legge was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1917.[6]
On 26 January, 1918, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Vesper.[7]
Interbellum
Legge was appointed in command of the destroyer Tancred on 11 January, 1921.[8]
Legge was appointed in command of the shallow draught steamer Widgeon on 8 November, 1921 (or 1922?) as Senior Naval Officer, Upper Yangtze.[9] In January 1925, he was superseded in that command by Salisbury Hamilton Simpson.[10]
Legge was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1925.[11]
Legge was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion in June, 1933.
Legge was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 17 July, 1936.[12]
Legge died of myocardial degeneration and bronchial emphysema on 11 February, 1951.[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 318.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 46.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 380.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394f.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.