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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 617

The campaign group of four awarded to Corporal P. J. F. Legge, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, later Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) and Intelligence Corps

A trained Sniper and HUMINT operator he served in Northern Ireland with the Close Observation Platoon before transferring units to visit Saddam Hussein's Iraq before the invasion in order to survey his Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Warfare capabilities with a discrete and small body of soldiers - besides this he participated in Special Forces exercises, perhaps an indication of further 'laurels'

On the sports field Legge was a talented cricketer who earned Regimental and Infantry Colours, besides Captaining the British Army in Germany and Coaching the German National eleven

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24808338 Pte P J F Legge WFR); Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (24808338 Cpl P J F Legge AGC(SPS)); Jubilee 2002; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994 (24808338 Cpl P J F Legge WFR), mounted court-style as worn, pin removed, good very fine (4)

Patrick Joseph Frith Legge was born on 2 October 1970 enlisted at Worcester on 3 November 1987. He served with the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in Northern Ireland with the Close Observation Platoon from January 1989-February 1991. Legge completed a plethora of unusual and varied qualifications in order to assist his work and participated in Operation Potter's Wheel with the United States Special Forces in Germany in November 1992. From March-September 1994 he served in Northern Ireland with an Intelligence Cell covering 'Int gathering, Terrorist & vehicle recognition & briefs'. Badged as a Sniper in November 1995, he saw a range of roles from Tidworth, serving in the Intelligence Cell, Warrior Company, Sniper Section, Milan Platoon and Provost Staff from September 1944-November 1999. This included war fighting intelligence gathering, AFV recognition, intelligence gathering on/off the battlefield, world hotspots briefing & written briefs, personnel security briefs and Eire visit briefs.

Assisting the training of Parachute Regiment recruits at Catterick from August 2000-2001, he thence transferred to the Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support).

This appointment left Legge handling Classified Documents and in control of security locks and keys at Upavon. His final operational deployment was of a most interesting nature, for he found himself with the Joint Force Logistic Component (102 Logistic Brigade) in Kuwait and Iraq from January-March 2003. He worked on the AP3 Ryan, the United Kingdom's Military Database and a Junior NCO on the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warning and Reporting Cell who probed Hussein's regime for its capability. Given the nature of their work they received the Medal without Clasp.

Besides from being an outstanding soldier, Legge also excelled on the cricket field. He earned Colours from the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters on 9 October 1992, Infantry Colours on 29 September 1998 and Adjutant General's Corps on 21 July 2006. Besides Captaining the British Army in Germany, he also gained his ECB Coaches Level 2 qualification in April 2003.

Whilst serving with the Intelligence Corps in 2005, Lieutenant-Colonel P. J. Ingram offered a fine appraisal:

'Cpl Legge is a highly capable, experienced NCO who is an asset to my unit. He has the ability to made a a very sound SNCO and should be promoted now. Cpl Legge is one of those NCOs that you would want to take to war. He is knowledgeable, capable, experienced and gets things done no matter what the difficulties are or who he has to deal with.'

Sold together with full copied service history, including Certificates, Staff Reports and photographs.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£550