Place VC Won Battle of Jutland, North Sea, HMS Nestor
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name The Hon. Edward Barry Stewart Bingham No.
VC Issue No. 702 Awards VC OBE
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Commander
Rank End Of Career Rear-Admiral
Place Of Birth Bangor Castle, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Place Of Death At a private nursing home, 7 Queen Anne Street, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Ashes removed, London, England
Cremated Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London, England
Date Buried/Cremated 26 September 1939
Headstone Ashes removed Plot/Grave no. Removed by undertaker
Gazetted 15 September 1916
VC Presented 13 December 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named On Victoria Cross Memorial, Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, N W London
Named On Bangor War Memorial, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Memorial at Bangor Castle, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Memorial Plaque On German Submarine Gun, Ward Park, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
P Mural On Gable End Of House, Bangor, Co. Down, Nortern Ireland
By The Way…
An attempted theft of the Victoria Cross from North Down Museum, April 2001. The thief was apprehended by an off duty RUC officer and the medal was retrieved
VC Held By
North Down Heritage Centre, Town Hall, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
