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Revision as of 15:10, 13 July 2016
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 as Senior Naval Officer, Upper Yangtze.[5] In January 1925, he was superseded in that command by Salisbury Hamilton Simpson.[6]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
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Hugh U. Fletcher |
Captain of H.M.S. Surly 24 Mar, 1909[8] |
Succeeded by Frederick J. Moon |
Preceded by James F. Houstoun |
Captain of H.M.S. Forester 14 Nov, 1913[9] |
Succeeded by Wilfred A. Thompson |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Nerissa Mar, 1916[10] – 26 Jan, 1918[11][12] |
Succeeded by Lionel S. M. Adam |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Vesper 26 Jan, 1918[13] |
Succeeded by John L. Field |
Preceded by Hamilton C. Allen |
Captain of H.M.S. Tancred 11 Jan, 1921[14] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Richard A. A. Plowden |
Captain of H.M.S. Centurion Jun, 1933[15] |
Succeeded by Geoffrey R. S. Watkins |
Preceded by William M. Kerr |
Captain of Rosyth Dockyard ? – 4 Aug, 1936[16] |
Succeeded by Francis H. G. Walker |
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. (November, 1917). p. 395x.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 852.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.