Ian Fleming

Birth Name:

Ian Lancaster Fleming

Birth Date:

May 28, 1908

Birth Place:

Mayfair, London, England

Death Date:

August 12, 1964

Place of Death:

Canterbury, Kent, England

Age:

Cause of Death:

Heart disease

Cemetery Name:

St. James' Churchyard

Claim to Fame:

Writers and Poets

Ian Fleming was a British writer and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his iconic James Bond series of spy novels. The Bond stories rank among the best-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two works of non-fiction. In 2008, The Times ranked Fleming 14th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Two of his James Bond books were published posthumously; other writers have since produced Bond novels. Fleming's creation has appeared in film twenty-six times, portrayed by seven actors.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

St. James' Churchyard

Sevenhampton

Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 7QB

England

Europe

Grave Location:

Fleming Family Plot

Grave Location Description

Ian Fleming is buried in the family plot 3 rows from the side of the church. The Fleming grave at St. James’s also contains the remains of his wife, Ann, who passed away in 1981 and his son, Caspar, who tragically died of a drug overdose in 1975.