John Henry Godfrey
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Admiral John Henry Godfrey CB was an officer of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy, specialising in navigation. Ian Fleming is said to have based James Bond's boss, "M", on Godfrey.
Rear-Admiral Godfrey during World War II
Ian Fleming
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Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British writer best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his f
John Henry Godfrey
…Admiral John Henry Godfrey CB (10 July 1888 – 29 August 1970) was an officer of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy, specialising in navigation. Ian Fleming is said to have based James Bond's boss, "M", on Godfrey. Godfrey was born in Handsworth, Staffordshire, in 1888. The son of Godfrey Henry Godfrey, he…
Fleming c. 1958
The Glenelg War Memorial, listing Valentine Fleming, Ian's father
The Admiralty, where Fleming worked in the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War
Goldeneye, where Fleming wrote all the Bond stories