Maj Eric H G Leggett DSO, RFA

2,205 men died on the 30th July 1916 but Eric Henry George Leggett was the only major to lose his life on this day. He was serving with the 188th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was 35 years old. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission he was the:

"Son of Lt. Col. Frederick Octavius Leggett, (Late R.A.O.D.) and Maria Leggett, of High Grange, Hythe; husband of Mary Leggett, of Stonepitts, Ryde, Isle of Wight. One of three brothers who fell, and to whose memory the Chancel Screen and Memorial Cross in St. Martin's Church, Cheriton, are dedicated. See also, Alan Randall Aufrere and Wilfred Noel Legget."

He is buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Officers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission