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Ralph Douglas Binney
Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Ralph Douglas Binney (14 October 1888 – 8 December 1944) was a Royal Navy officer. He is commemorated today by the Binney Memorial Medal. Naval career He was born in Cookham, Berkshire on 14 October 1888. He joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman on 15 May 1903. Promoted to sub-lieutenant, lieutenant in 1908, and then lieutenant commander (Royal Navy), lieutenant commander in 1916, he served throughout the Great War. He was promoted from lieutenant commander to commander (Royal Navy), commander at the end of 1920. In the late 1920s he was commander (that is, second-in-command) of . Lt Cdr Stapleton describes his first command as a midshipman in 1926, one of ''Sovereign's'' small picket boats; during which he damaged the ship's accommodation ladder. Binney 'carpeted' him for this and stopped his shore leave for a month, "in order to perfect and practise the skill in handling power boats". His first command, in 1930, was the monitor (warship), moni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookham
Cookham is a historic River Thames, Thames-side village and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, Bourne End. Cookham forms the southernmost and most rural part of High Wycombe urban area. With adjoining Cookham Rise and Cookham Dean, it had a combined population of 5,779 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census. In 2011, ''The Daily Telegraph'' deemed Cookham United Kingdom, Britain's second richest village. Geography The parish includes three settlements: *Cookham Village – the centre of the original village, with a high street that has changed little over the centuries *Cookham Dean – the most rural village in the parish *Cookham Rise – the middle area that grew up round the railway station The ancient parish of Cookham covered all of Maidenhead north of the London and A4 road (England), Bath Road until this was severed in 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
