James Ulysses Bond

James Ulysses Bond, born Christopher Wilson,[1] was a homeless person who lived in a tent by the River Cam in Newnham, Cambridgeshire, England. Bond contributed the story Eating Escargot in Sheffield to Willow Walker magazine,[2] which was excerpted in The Guardian newspaper.[3] After featuring in a documentary about homelessness, he was taken in over Christmas 2006 by Mick Lazarus of Milton, Cambridgeshire.[1] Bond took a place with Emmaus[4] but left, and later developed kidney problems. He died of natural causes[5] and was found dead on 20 September 2007. Lazarus offered to fund a funeral, but appealed in the Cambridge Evening News for help with the costs as neither he nor Bond's sister Wendi Wilson could afford to pay the full £1500.[4] The leader and deputy leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council donated to the appeal,[6] which eventually raised £1250.[1] The balance was paid by the newspaper's charity fund, Press Relief. A funeral was held at Cambridge Crematorium on 16 October 2007. Bond is among those remembered in the Cambridge Memorial Garden.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Moving ceremony for homeless man". Cambridge News. 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  2. ↑ Bond, James Ulysses (Autumn 2007). "Eating Escargot in Sheffield" (PDF). Willow Walker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  3. ↑ Masters, Alexander (2005-09-14). "Street Tough". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  4. 1 2 "'Help us give him dignity in death'". Cambridge News. 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  5. ↑ "Bid to find dead man's relatives". BBC News. 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Readers donate money to help pay for funeral". Cambridge News. 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  7. ↑ "The Memorial Garden". Retrieved 2009-09-24.


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