Gervase Cowell

Gervase Cowell MBE ((1926-08-04)4 August 1926 – (2000-05-02)2 May 2000) was a part of a British husband and wife intelligence team who serviced Colonel Oleg Penkovsky.[1][2][3]

Gervase Cowell
Born(1926-08-04)4 August 1926
Sale, Cheshire
Died2 May 2000(2000-05-02) (aged 73)
Sutton, London
EducationSt Bede's College, Manchester
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Intelligence agent, diplomat and Historian
SpousePamela Alger
ChildrenTwo sons and a daughter

Biography

Part of a husband and wife team that serviced the Soviet Spy Colonel Oleg Penkovsky.[4][5] After retirement he became chairman of the historical sub-committee of the Special Forces Club, for which work he was made an MBE in the new year's honours list.[6]

Recognition

Bibliography

Cowell, G., Special Forces Club., & Great Britain. (1993). Ravensbrück: The women of S.O.E.F Section. London: Special Forces Club.[7]

References/Notes and references
  1. "Gervase Cowell". The Guardian. 15 May 2000. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. "Gervase Cowell, 73, Manager of a Soviet Turncoat Spy, Dies". The New York Times. 12 May 2000. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. "Gervase Cowell: British Anti-Soviet Spy". LA Times. 13 May 2000. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. Duns, Jeremy (3 November 2013). "The Spy Who Saved The World—Then Tried To Destroy It". Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. "1963: Moscow jails British 'spy'". BBC news. 11 May 1963. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. "Cowell, Gervase (oral history)". www.iwm.org.uk. Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. Cowell, Gervase (1993). Cowell, G., Special Forces ClubRavensbrück: The women of S.O.E.F Section. Special Forces Club.


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