Corporal Charles Hubert Bligh Plaque

At Christ Church in Deer Park, Toronto a brass tablet memorial was dedicated to the memory of Corporal Charles Hubert Bligh who had died in the First World War. Bligh was born in Mirzapur, India on 5 October 1881 to William George and Ellen Bligh. Before enlisting in with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 21 September 1914 he served in South Africa with the South African Military Police. While serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Europe he became a corporal in the 8th Battalion. On 25 April 1915  he was killed after being shot in the head while leading an advance with his company.