Edward Bingham

Edward Barry Stewart Bingham
Mural in Kilcooley
Born	26 July 1881 Bangor Castle, County Down, Ireland, UK
Died	24 September 1939 Central London, England, UK
Buried at	Golders Green cemetery, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1895 – 1932
Rank	Rear Admiral
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Victoria Cross Order of the British Empire Order of St. Stanislaus of Russia (2nd Class with swords)
Relations	John Bingham, 5th Baron Clanmorris (father)

Rear Admiral The Honourable Edward Barry Stewart Bingham VC, OBE (26 July 1881 – 24 September 1939) served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in engaging the German fleet during the Battle of Jutland.

Bingham, the son of Lord Clanmorris, entered the Royal Navy in 1895 as an acting sub-lieutenant. He was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant 15 March 1901. At the beginning of the First World War, he was appointed Commander (Executive Officer) of HMS Invincible, which saw action at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914.

On 31 May 1916, during the Battle of Jutland off Denmark, Commander Bingham was in command of a destroyer division. He led his division in their attack, first on enemy destroyers and then on the battle cruisers of the German High Seas Fleet. Once the enemy was sighted Bingham ordered his own destroyer, HMS Nestor, and the one remaining destroyer of his division, HMS Nicator, to close to within 2,750 meters of the opposing battle fleet so that he could bring his torpedoes to bear. While making this attack Nestor and Nicator were under concentrated fire of the secondary batteries of the German fleet and Nestor was subsequently sunk. For his actions, Bingham earned the Victoria Cross, one of relatively few awarded for naval bravery during World War I.

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