Autographs of Derek Bond
Derek William Douglas Bond MC (26 January 1920 – 15 October 2006) was a British actor. He was President of the trade union Equity from 1984 to 1986.
Bond was born on 26 January 1920 in Glasgow, Scotland. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hampstead, London.
Bond enlisted in the Coldstream Guards of the British Army soon after the outbreak of the Second World War, where his education marked him out for officer training, and he was duly sent to Sandhurst. As an officer cadet Bond trained alongside Patrick Leigh Fermor and Iain Moncreiffe. Opting to transfer to the Grenadier Guards, he was invited, with other hopefuls, to dinner by the Adjutant, Captain E.H. Goulburn. After being plied with drinks and subjected to a grilling, at which most of the cadets managed to maintain a suitable air of sycophancy, Bond was asked "So, Bond, you were an actor! Aren't all actors sh*ts?" After replying "No more than regular soldiers, sir!" – his future was assured. After the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940, such was the apparent threat of invasion that the cadets were deployed in the defence of Camberley. However, with only one Bren gun between three hundred their effectiveness must have been limited. Finally, Bond was commissioned in July 1940. Serving with 3rd Grenadiers, Bond saw action in Tunisia and on 12 December 1942 was wounded in the leg by a machine-gun bullet. Evacuated home and awarded a Military Cross in February 1943, he dined with future prime minister Harold Macmillan, who had commanded the same platoon until he was wounded in the Great War. He was captured in Florence in the summer of 1944, and spent the last few months of the war in Stalag VII-A, a Bavarian POW camp.
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Traded items with a signature of Derek Bond
The most expensive item with a signature of Derek Bond (The Saint Series 2 Cut Autograph Card Derek Bond As Fellows DB1) was sold in August 2021 for £29.99 while the cheapest item (Veteran Actor DEREK BOND signed printed pic) found a new owner for £0.99 in July 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was April 2014 with an average selling price of £0.99 for an autographed item of Derek Bond. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2026 with £24.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was October 2012. In average, an autographed item from Derek Bond is worth £3.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Derek Bond were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Derek Bond Scottish Actor 1920 - 2006 , Original 10 x 8 Signature Piece | £11.00 |  |
 | DEREK BOND (d2006) Scott of the Antarctic, When Eight Bells Toll etc Signed pic | £5.80 | |
 | DEREK BOND (Nicholas Nickleby) Hand-signed 1940s vintage 9.35” x 7.25” portrait | £24.99 | |
| DEREK BOND - ACTOR - SIGNED B/W PHOTO WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPE | £8.14 | |
| DEREK BOND - ACTOR - SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | £7.98 | |
| DEREK BOND - LEGENDARY BRITISH ACTOR - SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | £10.00 | |
| DEREK BOND autograph | £1.09 | |
| DEREK BOND autograph vintage | £1.09 | |
| DEREK BOND B/W signed postcard 'Nicholas Nickleby' 1947 | £10.00 | |
| Derek Bond English Actor , 1920 - 2006 , Original Autograph on 6 x 4 Card | £8.00 | |
| Derek Bond Scott Of The Antarctic Callan Personally Signed Page AFTAL COA | £9.99 | |
| Derek Bond vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Derek Bond vintage signed postcard AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH DEREK BOND Nicholas Nickleby | £1.74 | |
 | Vintage Derek Bond Studio Photo Facsimile Autograph 1950s British Actor | £4.99 | |
