Oliver Elles Leggett
Vice-Admiral Oliver Elles Leggett, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (10 May, 1876 – 18 March, 1946) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Who was Who
LEGGETT, Vice-Admiral Oliver Elles CB 1919; RN
Born 1876; s of late Captain R. A. Leggett, 69th Regiment; m 1st, 1900, Maud (d 1931), d of F. Andrew, Manchester; no c; 2nd, 1934, Ethel, widow of Commander J. F. H. Cole, RN; died 18 March 1946
JP Portsmouth
CAREER Served European War, 1914–19 (despatches, CB; Legion of Honour; 2nd class Order of St Anne of Russia); Flag-Capt. to Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe’s Naval Mission to Overseas Dominions, 1919; a Naval ADC to the King, 1926; Rear-Adm. 1926; retired list, 1926; Vice-Adm., retired, 1931; served at Admiralty, 1941–45
CLUB United Service
ADDRESS Apple Tree Farm, Prinsted, near Emsworth, Hants Emsworth 501
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Vice-Admiral O. E. Leggett" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 19 March, 1946. Issue 50404, col E, pg. 6.
Papers
Service Record
- 1876 births
- 1946 deaths
- Personalities
- Royal Navy Navigating Officers
- Masters of the Fleet, Grand Fleet
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Caroline (1914)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. New Zealand (1911)
- Commanding Officers of Portsmouth Navigation School
- Commodores, Portsmouth Royal Naval Barracks
- Royal Navy Vice-Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
