Douglas Alfred Bingley

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Commander (emergency) Douglas Alfred Bingley, O.B.E. (17 June, 1893 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of F. P. Norman Bingley, Esq., Barrister at Law.[1]

Bingley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September, 1915. On 4 August, 1916 he was admitted to Chatham Naval Hospital to be treated for gonorrhea. He was found fit on the 23rd.[2]

Bingley was placed on the Emergency List on 9 July 1919 and received permission to proceed to New Zealand. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 September, 1923.[3]

World War II

He was placed on the Emergency List at some point before May 1939.[4]

By December, 1943, he was an Acting Captain, though he still held the rank of Lt. Cdr.. By April, 1944 he was serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy.[5]

Bingley was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Emergency List on 3 September, 1945.[6]

He reverted to the Emergency List on 20 September, 1946.[7]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh M. Barnes
as Captain in Charge, Auckland
Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland
14 Oct, 1940
Succeeded by
Eustace Rotherham
Preceded by
William K. D. Dowding
Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland
7 Jan, 1946 – 19 Jun, 1946
Succeeded by
Charles R. V. Pugh

Footnotes

  1. Bingley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/152. f. 152.
  2. Bingley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/152. f. 152.
  3. Bingley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/152. f. 152.
  4. Bingley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/152. f. 152.
  5. Bingley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/152. f. 152.
  6. Bingley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/152. f. 152.
  7. Bingley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/152. f. 152.