Son of Charles Gounter Legge, who was Chief Constable of Lancashire, and Mary (Garnier) Legge.
Husband of Phyllis Mildred Harriet Ford, married on 19 November 1910.
Their son, Major Rupert Mortimer Legge of the Royal Fusiliers, was killed in Italy in 1944.
LEGGE, RONALD GEORGE, Captain, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 7th and youngest son of the late Hon. Charles Gounter Legge, H.M. Inspector of Constabulary, by his wife, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Very Rev. Thomas Garnier, Dean of Lincoln, and grandson of William, 4th Earl of Dartmouth; born Southgate, co. Middlesex, 4 July, 1878; educated Sherborne School; served with the 59th Company Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War, 1900-1 (Queen's medal with four clasps); was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Devons, 23 April, 1902; and promoted Lieutenant 13 March 1906, and Captain 15 Nov. 1914; was Adjutant to the Territorial Force, 30 April, 1910, to 29 Oct. 1913; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed near Neuve Chapelle, 18 Dec. following. He married at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, 19 Nov. 1910, Phyllis Mildred, daughter of the Rev. Mortimer Ford, of Yarcombe, co. Devon, and had a son, Rupert Mortimer, b. 8 Sept. 1911.
His siblings were
Col William Legge,
Helen Beatrice Legge,
Lt Cmdr John Augustus Legge,
Thomas Charles Legge, and Francis Cecil Legge.
Husband of Phyllis Mildred Harriet Ford, married on 19 November 1910.
Their son, Major Rupert Mortimer Legge of the Royal Fusiliers, was killed in Italy in 1944.
LEGGE, RONALD GEORGE, Captain, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 7th and youngest son of the late Hon. Charles Gounter Legge, H.M. Inspector of Constabulary, by his wife, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Very Rev. Thomas Garnier, Dean of Lincoln, and grandson of William, 4th Earl of Dartmouth; born Southgate, co. Middlesex, 4 July, 1878; educated Sherborne School; served with the 59th Company Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War, 1900-1 (Queen's medal with four clasps); was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Devons, 23 April, 1902; and promoted Lieutenant 13 March 1906, and Captain 15 Nov. 1914; was Adjutant to the Territorial Force, 30 April, 1910, to 29 Oct. 1913; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed near Neuve Chapelle, 18 Dec. following. He married at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, 19 Nov. 1910, Phyllis Mildred, daughter of the Rev. Mortimer Ford, of Yarcombe, co. Devon, and had a son, Rupert Mortimer, b. 8 Sept. 1911.
His siblings were
Col William Legge,
Helen Beatrice Legge,
Lt Cmdr John Augustus Legge,
Thomas Charles Legge, and Francis Cecil Legge.
Son of Charles Gounter Legge, who was Chief Constable of Lancashire, and Mary (Garnier) Legge.
Husband of Phyllis Mildred Harriet Ford, married on 19 November 1910.
Their son, Major Rupert Mortimer Legge of the Royal Fusiliers, was killed in Italy in 1944.
LEGGE, RONALD GEORGE, Captain, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 7th and youngest son of the late Hon. Charles Gounter Legge, H.M. Inspector of Constabulary, by his wife, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Very Rev. Thomas Garnier, Dean of Lincoln, and grandson of William, 4th Earl of Dartmouth; born Southgate, co. Middlesex, 4 July, 1878; educated Sherborne School; served with the 59th Company Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War, 1900-1 (Queen's medal with four clasps); was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Devons, 23 April, 1902; and promoted Lieutenant 13 March 1906, and Captain 15 Nov. 1914; was Adjutant to the Territorial Force, 30 April, 1910, to 29 Oct. 1913; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed near Neuve Chapelle, 18 Dec. following. He married at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, 19 Nov. 1910, Phyllis Mildred, daughter of the Rev. Mortimer Ford, of Yarcombe, co. Devon, and had a son, Rupert Mortimer, b. 8 Sept. 1911.
His siblings were
Col William Legge,
Helen Beatrice Legge,
Lt Cmdr John Augustus Legge,
Thomas Charles Legge, and Francis Cecil Legge.
Husband of Phyllis Mildred Harriet Ford, married on 19 November 1910.
Their son, Major Rupert Mortimer Legge of the Royal Fusiliers, was killed in Italy in 1944.
LEGGE, RONALD GEORGE, Captain, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 7th and youngest son of the late Hon. Charles Gounter Legge, H.M. Inspector of Constabulary, by his wife, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Very Rev. Thomas Garnier, Dean of Lincoln, and grandson of William, 4th Earl of Dartmouth; born Southgate, co. Middlesex, 4 July, 1878; educated Sherborne School; served with the 59th Company Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War, 1900-1 (Queen's medal with four clasps); was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Devons, 23 April, 1902; and promoted Lieutenant 13 March 1906, and Captain 15 Nov. 1914; was Adjutant to the Territorial Force, 30 April, 1910, to 29 Oct. 1913; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed near Neuve Chapelle, 18 Dec. following. He married at Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, 19 Nov. 1910, Phyllis Mildred, daughter of the Rev. Mortimer Ford, of Yarcombe, co. Devon, and had a son, Rupert Mortimer, b. 8 Sept. 1911.
His siblings were
Col William Legge,
Helen Beatrice Legge,
Lt Cmdr John Augustus Legge,
Thomas Charles Legge, and Francis Cecil Legge.
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