A household have discovered their army veteran grandfather - called James Bond - was a real-life spy who worked for 007 writer Ian Fleming during World Battle Two. James Charles Bond, from Swansea, South Wales, was a member of the elite Particular Operations Govt, and never told his loved ones about his secret past.
Mr Bond's grandson Stephen Phillips unearthed his late grandfather's 'On her Majesty's secret service' past after going via World Conflict Two documents previously guarded underneath the Official Secrets Act. The papers showed former steel worker Mr Bond was a member of the elite Particular Operations Executive the place he worked on missions beneath Fleming earlier than he turned an creator. Greengrocer Mr Phillips, 52, always suspected his late grandfather was hiding a secret from his army previous. He said: 'There has at all times been a nagging curiosity inside me and different members of my household about his identify and potential hyperlinks with Ian Fleming.
As grandchildren we were all the time told never to ask about the military and what granddad did in the struggle or where he served. We by no means really knew why. Mr Bond's grandson has unearthed a set of paperwork, together with those pictured here, exhibiting who he labored for during World War Two.
Pictured with his next James Bond? It is only because the enjoyable of Official Secrets and techniques Acts info in 2014 that grandad's past within the navy has been looked at. Mr Bond died in 1995, aged 89, with out ever revealing his spy past to his family. Writer Fleming worked for the top of British Naval Intelligence through the battle, and noticed first had all of the secrets of the British navy.
He as soon as trained with the Seo and later coordinated covert missions, like those that might have been undertaken by Mr Bond. Mr Bond was within the military for about eleven years - but finished his working career in a steelworks and in retirement he took a component-time job as a lollipop man at Loughor, close to Swansea.
Mr Phillips mentioned: 'One of many recordsdata I discovered was the Official Secrets and techniques Acts signed by my grandfather James Bond on June 3, 1944, three days earlier than the D-Day landings. I can solely assume that he was behind enemy strains during that time. My granddad was an Special Operations Government topic's intelligence officer.
Learning my grandfather was a spy and his name was James Bond did not take a lot of a nudge to get me motivated. Granddad was a spy working behind enemy strains and in 1942 Ian Fleming put an elite staff of SOEs collectively for a mission particulars of which haven't been disclosed. My granddad was one among that crew of six. It makes my chest pump with satisfaction. Fleming, who died in 1964, had claimed James Bond was named after an American ornithologist - saying he needed a 'plain, easy title' for his tremendous-spy. However Mr Phillips suspects it was a 'basic pink herring' by Fleming to guard his granddad's true id underneath the Official Secrets Act.
He said: 'There have been 100-million soldiers from 30 international locations and only 13,000 SOEs. Only one SOE was referred to as James Bond. Granddad was protected by Ian Fleming himself I believe. I am also aware that the Official Secrets Act was signed for the mandatory goal of national security, safety for his household and the necessity for buttoned lips when he left the military. Because of the limited data that has been launched to me it is clear that some particulars of my granddad's past are nonetheless lined by the Act and can stay buried.
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