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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, DSO, MP. Fact file: Matriculated: 1900. Born: 17 February 1882. Died: 25 May 1917. Regiment: Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars. Grave/Memorial: Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery: II.E.40. Family background.
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.
In mid-May 1917 Valentine’s squadron was called to an exposed post in the British Expeditionary Force’s frontline opposite the Hindenburg line, north of St. Quentin. During the early morning of 20th May, the Germans opened a heavy bombardment and Valentine was hit by a shell and killed instantly.
Jul 9, 2018 · Valentine Fleming, Henley MP at the time of his death in May 1917, the father of authors Ian Fleming and Peter Fleming was one of twenty soldiers remembered at a Turning the Pages...
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A member of the Conservative Party, Valentine Fleming became the member of the House of Commons for South Oxfordshire when he defeated his Liberal Party, opponent, Philip Morrell, in the 1910 General Election.
