William Kaye Legge

Brigadier General William Kaye Legge CMG DSO (13 June 1869 – 29 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.

William Kaye Legge
Born13 June 1869
Died29 March 1946
Hastings
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1889–1926
RankBrigadier General
UnitEssex Regiment
Battles/warsSecond Boer War, First World War
AwardsCMG, DSO

Biography

A grandson of William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, William Kaye Legge was son of Charles Gounter Legge and Mary Garnier, daughter of Thomas Garnier.[1] He was born on 13 June 1869, and educated at Bedford School between 1881 and 1887. He received his first commission as a second lieutenant in the Essex Regiment on 30 January 1889, and was promoted to lieutenant on 6 July 1891. He served during the Second Boer War, between 1899 and 1902, and was promoted to captain on 29 January 1900.[2]

Legge served during the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, and was Commander of the 163rd Infantry Brigade, between 1924 and 1926.[3]

Brigadier General William Kaye Legge was invested as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1917, and as a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918.[4][5] He retired from the British Army in 1926, and died in Hastings on 29 March 1946.[6]

References
  1. Debrett's Peerage and Titles of Courtesy. Dean & Son. 1933. p. 288.
  2. "No. 27165". The London Gazette. 16 February 1900. p. 1078.
  3. "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com.
  4. "Article" (PDF). /www.thegazette.co.uk.
  5. "Article" (PDF). /www.thegazette.co.uk.
  6. The Times, 1 April 1946, p. 1
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