LCpl. George Legge, MM

The Legge brothers joined up in 1914 and fought alongside one another.

They served at Gallipoli where two of them, Private Bertram Legge, 30, and the youngest brother Private Cyril Legge, 21, died on the same day.

The pair went over the top together and were shot and killed during an assault on the Turkish trenches at Suvla on August 21, 1915.

Middle brother George survived the disastrous Gallipoli campaign in Turkey and found the resolution to fight on.

Indeed, he went on to win the prestigious Military Medal for gallantry on the battlefield.

But in October 1918, just a month before the end of the war, he was killed in the run up to the Battle of the Selle in northern France.

• Rank: Lance Corporal
• Service No: 10299
• Date of Death: 11/10/1918
• Age: 28
• Regiment/Service: Dorsetshire Regiment 5th posted to 6th Bn.
• Awards: M M
• Grave Reference: I. D. 15.
• Cemetery: MONTAY-NEUVILLY ROAD CEMETERY, MONTAY
• Additional Information: Son of Charles and Mary Legge, of Chilfrome, Maiden Newton, Dorset. Also served at Gallipoli.

Note: According to parish registers and census records his mother's name was Jerusha.

Links:

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record
• Harrowing tale of 3 brothers killed in First World War as medals go up for sale 2014
• Residence: 1891 - Rectory, Chilfrome, Chilfrome, Dorsetshire, England
• Reference: 1891 England & Wales Census - SmartCopy: Apr 1 2017, 8:55:23 UTC