Career
Born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Legard was a right-handed batsman, who scored 27 first-class runs at 9.71 with a best of 27. A right arm slow bowler, he bowled eleven overs without success at a cost of 33 runs. Legard was commissioned a Second lieutenant in the King"s Royal Rifle Corps on 18 May 1898, and promoted to Lieutenant on 22 October 1899.
He served with the 1st Battalion of his regiment in the Second Boer War 1899-1902, where he was present at the Battle of Talana Hill and the Defence of Ladysmith in early 1900, before he took part in operations in Natal March-June 1900, and operations in Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-November 1900.
He later served with distinction in World War I, was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was a Colonel of his regiment the King"s Royal Rifle Corps. He died in August 1939 in Pentire, Newquay, Cornwall.
