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Major Valentine Fleming, DSO (17 February 1882 – 20 May 1917) was a Scottish Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in the First World War. He was the father of authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming, the latter of whom created the James Bond character.
Valentine Fleming was one of those younger Conservatives who easily and naturally combine loyalty to party ties with a broad liberal outlook upon affairs and a total absence of class prejudice.
During the early morning of 20th May, the Germans opened a heavy bombardment and Valentine was hit by a shell and killed instantly. News of the tragedy reached the family mere days before Ian’s ninth birthday.
Jul 9, 2018 · A LOCAL MP, who died in the First World War, was among the names read out at an emotional remembrance ceremony. Valentine Fleming, Henley MP at the time of his death in May 1917, the father of...
Valentine Fleming was one of those younger Conservatives who easily and naturally combine loyalty to party ties with a broad liberal outlook upon affairs and a total absence of class prejudice.
employment Member of Parliament for Henley Henley, Oxfordshire United Kingdom Source:5507077 10th February 1910 - 20th May 1917.
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Nov 19, 1999 · When Valentine Fleming died in action in World War One - just short of Ian's ninth birthday - Winston Churchill wrote his obituary in The Times. Fleming was educated at Eton and the Royal...
