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Military service
Service number:
42186
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
97 Sqdn.
Death:
February 10, 1940
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. 9. Row X. Grave 18.
Additional information
Son of William Oakley Bligh and Mary Kathleen Bligh of Berwick, King's Co., Nova Scotia.
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Team photo
Photo of Orley Whitney Bligh* & his teammates on the 1936 Acadia University Axemen hockey team. Acadia University has an MVP trophy called, "The Orley Bligh Award" which is given out every year*.<P> *The Orley Bligh Award is presented each year to the Most Valuable Player on the Acadia Axemen Hockey Team. It was originally purchased by the Town of Berwick and given to Acadia University. In recent years a replacement trophy was donated by Orlay Bligh's brother, Harley Bligh.<BR> -Courtesy of Acadia University, Vaughan Memorial Library. -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ORLEY WHITNEY BLIGH
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orley Whitney Bligh
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 10 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ABINGDON CEMETERY Berkshire, United Kingdom
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