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...