{"id":143459,"date":"2023-09-25T10:20:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T10:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=143459"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:20:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T10:20:21","slug":"james-bond-could-have-had-a-starkly-different-first-name-rodney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/james-bond-could-have-had-a-starkly-different-first-name-rodney\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond could have had a starkly different first name &#8211; Rodney"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The name&#8217;s Bond&#8230; RODNEY Bond! How 007 could have had a starkly different first name by author Ian Fleming who took inspiration from real life WW2 intelligence hero<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ian Fleming wanted a name for his hero when his brother made a suggestion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>James Bond could have instead been named &#8216;Rodney&#8217; by the author whose protagonist was inspired by a real life hero in the Secret Intelligence Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Author Ian Fleming was looking for a name for his main character when his brother\u00a0Peter &#8211; a Lieutenant Colonel in charge of &#8216;military deception&#8217; in Southeast\u00a0Asia during WWII &#8211; suggested the name &#8216;Bond&#8217; as the hero for the first book, Casino Royale.<\/p>\n<p>Bond was the surname of a hero in the Secret Intelligence Service &#8211; now called MI6 &#8211; called Rodney Clarence Mortimer Bond.<\/p>\n<p>Peter had come across Rodney Bond when he was rescued from a Nazi bombing attack in northern Greece in 1941, with lieutenant colonel Bond then working for MI6 in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>Author Nicholas Shakespeare &#8211; whose book &#8216;Ian Fleming: The Complete Man&#8217; is out next month &#8211; was given unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers and revealed today how Peter suggested the name &#8216;Bond&#8217; to Ian.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/10\/75804465-12557239-Ian_Lancaster_Fleming_British_author_and_creator_of_the_James_Bo-a-2_1695634821587.jpg\" height=\"819\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ian Lancaster Fleming, British author and creator of the James Bond character asked his brother for help in choosing a name for his hero<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/10\/75804787-12557239-Peter_Fleming_a_lieutenant_colonel_in_charge_of_military_decepti-a-3_1695634821588.jpg\" height=\"895\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Peter Fleming &#8211; a lieutenant colonel in charge of &#8216;military deception&#8217; in Southeast Asia during WWII<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/10\/75804589-12557239-Bond_was_inspired_by_Rodney_Bond_Pictured_is_actor_Daniel_Craig_-a-4_1695634821589.jpg\" height=\"469\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bond was inspired by Rodney Bond. Pictured is actor Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale<\/p>\n<p>An extract from the book in the T2 supplement of The Times today states: &#8216;Peter was having breakfast in Oxfordshire while reading the newspapers when Ian came in and said &#8216;Peter, I&#8217;ve written a bloody good thriller, but I can&#8217;t get a name for my hero&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Without lowering his newspaper, Peter replied &#8216;Try Bond&#8217;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The name Rodney is most commonly associated with dozy Rodney Trotter &#8211; nicknamed Rodders &#8211; in Only Fools and Horses, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant Colonel Rodney Clarence Mortimer Bond was born in 1897 and won a Military Cross during World War One, where he fought in France.<\/p>\n<p>He then joined the Intelligence Corps and was given the codename &#8216;Hatzis&#8217; and was posted to Turkey during World War Two.<\/p>\n<p>Lt Col Bond &#8211; who married Mary in 1956 &#8211; helped save the future Greek prime minister Georgios Papandreou from a Nazi attack in 1944.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 and was also made an MBE, and in 1952 was made an OBE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the London Gazette in 1919, Bond was awarded the distinguished medal after &#8216;setting an example&#8217; to all ranks for maintaining &#8216;perfect fire&#8217; under &#8216;heavy shell fire&#8217; in M\u0153uvres, northern France.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/10\/75804467-12557239-Ian_Fleming_with_his_mother_Evelyn_St_Croix_Fleming_in_November_-a-5_1695634821589.jpg\" height=\"907\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ian Fleming with his mother Evelyn St. Croix Fleming, in November 1957<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/10\/75804833-12557239-An_action_scene_in_the_iconic_Casino_Royale_pictured_is_Bond_act-a-1_1695634821587.jpg\" height=\"390\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An action scene in the iconic Casino Royale, pictured is Bond actor Daniel Craig<\/p>\n<p>The report states &#8216;2nd Lt. Rodney Clarence Mortimer Bond.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Near M\u0153uvres on the 27th September, 1918, the battery was under heavy shell fire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He, by his courage and devotion to duty, maintained perfect fire discipline in his section.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He continually round his guns, encouraging his non-commissioned officers and men, and in consequence the barrage was fired without a hitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He set a very fine example to all ranks.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He died at the age of 65 in 1962.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12557239\/Bond-RODNEY-Bond-007-author-Ian-Fleming-real-WW2-intelligence-hero.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name&#8217;s Bond&#8230; RODNEY Bond! 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