Six: Supply Chief Petty Officer C. G. Bligh, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (J.81141 C. G. Bligh. Boy.1 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.37201 C. G. Bligh. Sy. P.O. H.M.S. Victory) light contact marks to Great War pair, generally very fine and better (6) £70-£90

Walter George Bligh was born in Rochester, Kent, on 21 June 1902 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 15 November 1917. Advanced Supply Petty Officer on 25 April 1930, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 July 1935, and was promoted Supply Chief Petty Officer. He saw further service in H.M.S. Malaya during the Palestine campaign (entitled to a Naval General Service Medal with clasp Palestine 1936-1939), and as Chief Petty Officer Supplies during the Second World War in H.M.S. Victory and H.M.S. Iron Duke. He was shore invalided on 25 January 1943, and died in Portsmouth on 27 January 1987.

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