Edward Barry Stewart Bingham
Rear-Admiral Edward Barry Stewart Bingham, V.C., O.B.E., Royal Navy (26 July, 1881 – 24 September, 1939) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Bingham was born in Bangor Castle, the son of The Lord Clanmorris.[1]
Bingham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1903.[2]
On 30 September, 1904, Bingham ended an appointment in Bulwark to command unspecified torpedo boats.[3]
Bingham was appointed in command of the destroyer Star on 25 April, 1905.[4]
Bingham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1911.[5]
Great War
At the beginning of the war, Bingham was appointed to the battlecruiser Invincible, remaining there until 4 January, 1915, having been promoted to Commander on 31 December. On 7 February, he was appointed to command Hornet.[6]
In early 1915, while captain of the destroyer Hornet, Bingham weathered ferocious weather conditions that stove in the bridge railings of his sub-divisional mate, Tigress.[7] On 28 October, Hornet and Jackal deviated from a patrol to assist the armoured cruiser Argyll, which had run hard aground off Dundee. Judging that time was critical, Bingham went right in to the larger ship, and men jumped in batches when the time seemed right. Bingham took on about 500 men without mishap in this daring rescue. Jackal took off the remainder, entirely without loss.[8]
Offsetting this coup to some degree, Bingham was faulted for a collision between Sandfly and Tigress some time in 1915. The Vice-Admiral commanding Third Battle Squadron judged that Bingham had cut too closely to another vessel and without indicating his intentions to the next ship astern before so doing.[9]
On 18 May, 1915, he married Vera Maude Temple-Patterson.[10]
He was appointed in command of Nestor on April, 1916 and would command her as part of the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland, where she was lost after an engineering casualty brought her to a standstill.[11] Bingham wound up as a prisoner of war after being scooped up by the Germans. On 27 July, 1916 the British learned he'd been moved to an officers' detention centre in Freiberg. On 4 May, 1917, he was moved to Augustabad.[12]
Bingham was repatriated soon after the war and was invested with the Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace on 13 December, 1918.[13]
Post-War
Bingham was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1919 on the recommendation of Admiral Sturdee.[14]
He was appointed in command of the yacht Enchantress in September, 1920.[15]
In May, 1931, Bingham was appointed in command of the light cruiser Comus.
See Also
- Service Records
- Thirteenth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
- Wikipedia
- "Rear-Admiral E. B. S. Bingham, V.C." (Obituary) The Times September 25, 1939. p. 10 (48419) column B.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by James W. G. Innes |
Captain of H.M.S. Star Jun, 1905[16] |
Succeeded by Louis H. Crozier |
| Preceded by Cecil G. Chichester |
Captain of H.M.S. Hornet 7 Feb, 1915[17] |
Succeeded by Reginald St. P. Parry |
| Preceded by Reginald St. P. Parry |
Captain of H.M.S. Nestor ? – 31 May, 1916[18] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
| Preceded by Richard L. Hamer |
Captain of H.M.S. Tempest 1 Oct, 1919[19] |
Succeeded by Clement R. Dane |
| Preceded by The Hon. Arthur C. Strutt |
Captain of H.M.S. Enchantress Sep, 1920[20] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Roger L'E. M. Rede |
Captain of H.M.S. Resolution Aug, 1929[21] – Nov, 1930[22] |
Succeeded by Max K. Horton |
| Preceded by Roderick B. T. Miles |
Captain of H.M.S. Comus 1 May, 1931[23][24] |
Succeeded by Cecil N. Reyne |
Footnotes
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 7.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 121.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 122.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ Bingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/117. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 769.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 379.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394q.
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 872.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 769.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Day of month taken from predecessor. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
