MAJOR VALENTINE FLEMING
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, "C" Sqdn.
Awards: Distinguished Service Order, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Died 20 May 1917
Age 35 years old
A British Conservative Member of Parliament, who was killed in World War I.
Member of Parliament for South Oxon.
Son of Robert Fleming (founder of merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co.); husband of Evelyn C. Fleming, of 118, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London.
Father of authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming, the creator of "James Bond, Secret Agent 007".
Fleming was killed by German shellfire at Gillemont Farm, near Épehy, Somme, France on 20 May 1917. For his service, Valentine was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 4 June 1917, having been previously twice mentioned in dispatches.
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, "C" Sqdn.
Awards: Distinguished Service Order, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Died 20 May 1917
Age 35 years old
A British Conservative Member of Parliament, who was killed in World War I.
Member of Parliament for South Oxon.
Son of Robert Fleming (founder of merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co.); husband of Evelyn C. Fleming, of 118, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London.
Father of authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming, the creator of "James Bond, Secret Agent 007".
Fleming was killed by German shellfire at Gillemont Farm, near Épehy, Somme, France on 20 May 1917. For his service, Valentine was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 4 June 1917, having been previously twice mentioned in dispatches.
MAJOR VALENTINE FLEMING
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, "C" Sqdn.
Awards: Distinguished Service Order, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Died 20 May 1917
Age 35 years old
A British Conservative Member of Parliament, who was killed in World War I.
Member of Parliament for South Oxon.
Son of Robert Fleming (founder of merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co.); husband of Evelyn C. Fleming, of 118, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London.
Father of authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming, the creator of "James Bond, Secret Agent 007".
Fleming was killed by German shellfire at Gillemont Farm, near Épehy, Somme, France on 20 May 1917. For his service, Valentine was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 4 June 1917, having been previously twice mentioned in dispatches.
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, "C" Sqdn.
Awards: Distinguished Service Order, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Died 20 May 1917
Age 35 years old
A British Conservative Member of Parliament, who was killed in World War I.
Member of Parliament for South Oxon.
Son of Robert Fleming (founder of merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co.); husband of Evelyn C. Fleming, of 118, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London.
Father of authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming, the creator of "James Bond, Secret Agent 007".
Fleming was killed by German shellfire at Gillemont Farm, near Épehy, Somme, France on 20 May 1917. For his service, Valentine was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 4 June 1917, having been previously twice mentioned in dispatches.
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MAJOR
V. FLEMING DSO. MP.
Q. O. OXFORDSHIRE HUSSARS
20TH MAY 1917 AGE 35
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