Alexander Bingley

Admiral Sir Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley, GCB, OBE (15 February 1905 – 28 September 1972) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and Allied Command Channel from 1961 to 1963.

Sir Alexander Bingley
Nickname(s)Alec
Born(1905-02-15)15 February 1905
Died28 September 1972(1972-09-28) (aged 67)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1918–1963
RankAdmiral
Commands heldAllied Command Channel (1961–63)
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (1961–63)
Allied Forces Mediterranean (1959–61)
Mediterranean Fleet (1959–61)
Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers (1958–59)
HMS Eagle (1952–53)
HMS Nabaron (1945)
HMS Biter (1944)
HMS Slinger (1943–44)
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Spouse(s)
(m. 1948)

Bingley joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1918.[1]

Bingley served in the Second World War on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet.[1] He went on to captain the aircraft carrier HMS Slinger in 1943, of the aircraft carrier HMS Biter in 1944, and of the Mobile Naval Air Base HMS Nabaron in 1945.[1]

After the war, Bingley was appointed Deputy Director of Air Warfare.[1] He went on to be Chief of Staff to the Flag Officer (Air) and then Commander of the aircraft-carrier HMS Eagle in 1952.[1] He was appointed Fifth Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Air) in 1954 and Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers in 1958.[1] He was made Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and NATO Commander Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1959 and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel in 1961; he retired in 1963.[1]

Personal life

Bingley married Juliet Martin Vick in 1948. After his death she resumed her career as a social worker after a gap of 28 years, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1970. They had three children,[2] and lived at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire.[3]

References

  1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. Lennard-Jones, John (7 March 2013). "Bingley [née Vick], Juliet Martin, Lady Bingley (1925–2005), social worker". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005–2008. Oxford UP. pp. 102–104. ISBN 9780199671540.
  3. "The Sheredes Project". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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