Alfred Mervyn Bingeman, RN

Born  8 Nov 1900Hampstead, London, England, U.K.
Died  7 Jun 1988(87)Compton, Chichester, England, U.K.


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Ranks

1 May 1917 Mid.
15 Sep 1919 A/S.Lt.
15 May 1920 S.Lt.
15 Dec 1921 Lt.
15 Dec 1929 Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1935 Cdr.
7 Oct 1943 A/Capt.
8 Nov 1950 Capt. (Retd.)

Retired: 8 Nov 1950


Decorations

1 Jan 1942 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for Alfred Mervyn Bingeman, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Southern Prince (M 47)Cdr.Minelayer1 Apr 194017 Apr 1940
HMS Resolution (09)A/Capt.Battleship7 Oct 19433 Nov 1943

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Battleship HMS Resolution (09)


20 Oct 1943
Around 1500A/20, HMS Resolution (A/Capt. A.M. Bingeman, RN) departed the Firth of Forth for Portsmouth. On departure she was escorted by the destroyer HMS Obedient (Lt.Cdr. D.C. Kinloch, RN) which had departed Scapa Flow for this duty around 0500A/20.

Around 0520A/21, when off Duncansby Head, HNoMS Stord (Lt.Cdr. S.V. Storheill) joined and HMS Obedient parted company.

Around 1000A/21, when near Cape Wrath, HNoMS Stord parted company. HMS Resolution then proceeded unescorted from Cape Wrath to The Lizard.

At 0640A/23, off The Lizard, the escort destroyers HMS Tanatside (Lt.Cdr. F.D. Brown, RN), HMS Albrighton (Lt. J.J.S. Hooker, RN) and La Combattante (Lt.Cdr. A. Patou), joined.

They passed the boom and entered The Solent around 1810A/23. (1)

3 Nov 1943
HMS Resolution (A/Capt. A.M. Bingeman, RN) is paid off at Southampton and reduced to Care and Maintenance. (2)

Sources

  1. ADM 53/118447 + ADM 199/2281
  2. ADM 53/118447

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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