Curriculum Vitae
James Bond, Special Agent to Her Majesty's Secret
Service
Sometimes between November 16th through
the 21st, 1924:
James Bond is born in Scotland to Andrew
Bond and Monique Delacroix Bond
April 1933:
Young James meets Ian Fleming in Moscow?
Andrew Bond was a foreign representative of the Vickers armaments firm
while Fleming covered a trial in Moscow concerning spy charges on Vickers
employees.
Between November, 1935 and November, 1936:
Andrew and Monique Bond are killed in
a climbing accident in the Aiguilles Rouges above Chamonix (Photo), in France.
Eleven year old James goes to live with his Father's sister, Charmaine
Bond, in the jamlet ot Pett Bottom near Canterbury in Kent.
September, 1938:
Bond, now thirteen, enters Eton. It is
around this time that he learned to ski.
June, 1940:
As a result of some alleged trouble with
one of the boys' maids, James Bond is expelled from Eton.
September, 1940:
Bond enters Fettes (Photo), in Edinburgh, his
father's old school. By the time he left, at the early age of seventeen,
he had twice fought for the school as a light-weight and had, in addition,
founded the first serious judo class at a British public school.
Summer 1941:
James Bond learns to play golf at the
Royal St. Marks, quickly gaining a six handicap in the sport, later to
rise to a nine.
late November, 1941:
Claiming an age of nineteen, James - with
help from Fleming - enters what becomes the Ministry of Defence (Fleming
was the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Defence).
late 1941 - 1946:
Lieutenant James Bond has been in the
Ardennes in World War II.
1946 - 1950:
Commander James Bond, Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserved, having been discharged from wartime duties, begins his career
with M.I.6, the British Secret Service. One of these long assignments which
earned Bond his double - 0 number.
late 1950:
James Bond becomes 007 - and is "licensed
to kill".
1951 - 1961:
James Bond on Her Majesty's Secret Service
January 1st, 1962:
James Bond marries (Photo) and is widowed on the
same day.
November 1962:
James Bond is declared missing, presumed
dead. His obituary
appears in the London Times.
late June, 1964:
James Bond sees Ian Fleming for the last
time.
August 12, 1964:
His father Ian Fleming dies.
And his missions will continue
until Kingdom Come...