Memorial William Thomas Leggett

William Legget is believed to be the first Australian killed in action in the defence of Ypres during the First World War.
He died on 14 October 1914 during a brief skirmish with German troops occupying Geluwe. Legget was serving with the British in the 1ste Life Guards (7th British Cavalry Brigade)
Leggett was born in 1891 at Lithgow, New South Wales. Later he lived in Goulburn, and in 1912 travelled via Sydney to England to join the King’s Life Guards, where he rose the rank of Corporal of Horse.

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• Text: Luc Van Waeyenberge
• Photos: Ricky van Dyck