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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 as Senior Naval Officer, Upper Yangtze.[9] In January 1925, he was superseded in that command by Salisbury Hamilton Simpson.[10]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

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh U. Fletcher
Captain of H.M.S. Surly
29 Mar, 1909[14][15] – 1 Jan, 1910[16]
Succeeded by
Frederick J. Moon
Preceded by
Hugh T. England
Captain of H.M.S. Fawn
1 Jan, 1910[17] – 23 Aug, 1910[18]
Succeeded by
Adrian St. V. Keyes
Preceded by
Walter L. Allen
Captain of H.M.S. Desperate
23 Aug, 1910[19] – 15 Nov, 1911[20]
Succeeded by
Edmond A. B. Stanley
Preceded by
James F. Houstoun
Captain of H.M.S. Forester
14 Nov, 1913[21][22] – 4 Apr, 1916[23]
Succeeded by
Wilfred A. Thompson
Preceded by
Wilfred A. Thompson
Captain of H.M.S. Nerissa
8 Apr, 1916[24] – 26 Jan, 1918[25]
Succeeded by
Lionel S. M. Adam
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Vesper
26 Jan, 1918[26][27] – 25 Aug, 1920[28]
Succeeded by
John L. Field
Preceded by
Hamilton C. Allen
Captain of H.M.S. Tancred
11 Jan, 1921[29][30] – 15 Mar, 1922[31]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Sir Leonard P. Vavasour, Bart.
Captain of H.M.S. Dartmouth
early 1926[32] – 15 Apr, 1926[33]
Succeeded by
Dudley B. N. North
Preceded by
Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Captain of H.M.S. Mackay
2 Dec, 1926[34] – 6 Apr, 1927[35]
Succeeded by
Frank Elliott
Preceded by
Lewis G. E. Crabbe
Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla
2 Dec, 1926[36] – 6 Apr, 1927[37]
Succeeded by
Walter N. T. Beckett
Preceded by
George H. D'O. Lyon
Captain of H.M.S. Stuart
2 May, 1927[38] – 19 Dec, 1928[39]
Succeeded by
William J. Whitworth
Preceded by
George H. D'O. Lyon
Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla
2 May, 1927[40] – 19 Dec, 1928[41]
Succeeded by
William J. Whitworth
Preceded by
Richard A. A. Plowden
Captain of H.M.S. Centurion
1 Jun, 1933[42] – Jan, 1934[43]
Succeeded by
Geoffrey R. S. Watkins
Preceded by
William J. Whitworth
Captain of H.M.S. Centurion
26 Jun, 1934[44] – 1 Jan, 1935[45]
Succeeded by
Irving M. Palmer
Preceded by
Albert J. Robertson
Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich
1 Aug, 1935[46] – 4 Aug, 1936[47]
Succeeded by
Francis H. G. Walker
Preceded by
William M. Kerr
Captain of Rosyth Dockyard
? – 4 Aug, 1936[48]
Succeeded by
Francis H. G. Walker

Footnotes

  1. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  2. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  3. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 318.
  5. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 46.
  6. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 928.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 843.
  10. Simpson Service Records. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 151.
  11. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  12. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  13. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  14. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 380.
  16. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  17. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  18. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  19. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  20. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  21. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394f.
  23. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  24. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  25. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  26. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  27. The Navy List. (August, 1920). p. 883.
  28. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  29. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  30. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 870.
  31. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  32. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  33. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  34. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  35. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  36. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  37. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  38. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  39. Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  40. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  41. Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  42. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  43. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  44. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  45. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  46. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  47. Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
  48. Superseded that day. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.

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