Charles Fraser-Smith

Charles Fraser-Smith

Charles Fraser-Smith was an author and one-time missionary who is widely credited as being the inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond quartermaster Q. During World War II, Fraser-Smith worked for the Ministry of Supply, fabricating equipment nicknamed "Q-devices" for SOE agents operating in occupied Europe. Prior to the war, Fraser-Smith had worked as a missionary in North Africa. After the war he purchased a dairy farm in Burrington, Devon, where he died in 1992.

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Male
Date of Birth
January 26th, 1904
Age
122
Date of Death
November 9th, 1992
Died Aged
88
Star Sign
Aquarius
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