David Arthur Legg
Location:
Nash church
Church Hill
Upper Nash
Lamphey
Pembrokeshire
SA71 5PQ
Details on Marker:
546544. SPR LEGGE A. R.
5/10 LONDON FIELD COY. R.E.
13-4-17
Type: GRU tags
The cross appears to be a standard British Army Cross with GRU tags, the base has rotted off, it is mounted on the wall next to teh war memorial tablet which unusually lists all those who served, he appears to be the only death in the parish.
There is a discrepancy between the details on the cross and the details listed on CWGC, including the spelling of his surname, initials and service number.
David Legg was part of a concentration burial at N.3.b.9.4 (yet to be checked as to location), he appears to have been originally buried with other members of the 510th possibly a shell hole or mass grave. He was identified from effects.
His gravestone in Feuchy is marked ‘Greater love hath no man, than that he lay down, his life for his friend’.
From CWGC
LEGGE, D A
Rank: Sapper
Service No: 546814
Date of Death: 13/04/1917
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers, 510th London Field Coy.
Grave Reference: II. D. 3.
Cemetery: FEUCHY CHAPEL BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Additional Information: Son of Andrew and Frances Legge, of Upper Nash, Lamphey, Pembrokeshire.
With thanks to Gethin Matthews of Welsh Memorials to the Great War.
I will be visiting Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery 17th March 2026 to place a cross and pay my respects to fellow Sappers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Sapper Legge was killed alongside Sapper Timothy Brades and Sapper Percy George Grubb all 3 from 510th Field Company Royal Engineers 29th Division.
The Army number on the wooden cross is incorrect as are the initials. The correct number is as is written in your bio as are the initials. Sapper Legges christian names are David Arthur.