Nigel Walter (Legge) Legge-Bourke (1889 - 1914)

Born 13 Nov 1889 in London, England, United Kingdom

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Died 30 Oct 1914 at age 24 in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium

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Biography

Lieutenant Nigel (Legge) Legge-Bourke was Killed in Action during World War I.

Nigel Walter Legge-Bourke was born on 13 November 1889. He was the son of Hon. Sir Henry Legge and Amy Lambart.^[1]

Baptism Date: 25 December 1889

Event Place: Patshull, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom^[2]

Nigel held the office of Page-of-Honour to HM King Edward VII between 1902 and 1906.

He was given the name of Nigel Walter Legge at birth. On 26 April 1911 his name was legally changed to Nigel Walter Legge-Bourke by Royal Licence.

UK Census Date 1911: Living recorded in the household of his father and seven servants in Falmer, Fulmer Slough, Buckinghamshire, England. Aged 21 and single.

Occupation: LIEUTENANT COLDSTREAM GUARDS

He lived at Hayes, Beau Parc, County Meath, Ireland.

At the age of about 24 he married Lady Victoria Wynn-Carington (daughter of Sir Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st and last Marquess of Lincolnshire and Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord) on 3 June 1913 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.^[3]

They had one son;

Lieutenant Nigel (Legge) Legge-Bourke served in the British Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): Coldstream Guards
Service ended: 30 October 1914

He served as a Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and served in the 1st World War. Tragically he was killed in action on 30 October 1914, at the age of 24. ^[4][5]

Probate:

Event Date: 30 October 1914

Event Place: Meath

Beneficiary's Name: Victoria A Legge-Bourke

Burial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium. PLOT: www.cwgc.org^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XYQ-WTL : 1 October 2014), Nigel Walter H Legge, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
2. ↑ "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3G-PCGR : 13 December 2017), Nigel Walter Henry Legge, 1889.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26ZF-4GF : 22 May 2014), Nigel W H Legge-Bourke and null, 1913; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,”
4. ↑ "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" NIGEL WALTER HENRY LEGGE-BOURKE, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1618682/nigel-walter-henry-legge-bourke/
5. ↑ "UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919" Name: Nigel Walter Henry Legge-bourke Death Date: 30 Oct 1914 Rank: Lieutenant : Coldstream Guards Battalion: Battalion Not Shown Type of Casualty: Killed in action Ancestry uk Record UKsoldiersGreatWar #1007034
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12035952

• The Peerage

• Buckinghamshire Remembers: Nigel Walter Henry Legge-Bourke

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Legge_(courtier)

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WS3Y-5MM : 11 December 2017), Nigel W H Legge in household of W W Earl, Patshull, Shropshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7VG-ZB9 : 2 August 2017), Nigel W H Legge in household of Henry Charles Legge, Falmer, Fulmer Slough, Buckinghamshire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census,"