Gervase Cowell ( – ) was a part of a British husband and wife intelligence team who serviced Colonel

Oleg Penkovsky Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky (russian: link=no, Олег Владимирович Пеньковский; 23 April 1919 – 16 May 1963), codenamed HERO, was a Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Pen ...

Biography

Part of a husband and wife team that serviced the Soviet Spy Colonel Oleg Penkovsky. 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.

Early life

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Marriage and children

Death

Recognition

Bibliography

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

References/Notes and references

1926 births 2000 deaths Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Cambridge People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester People from Greater Manchester Secret Intelligence Service personnel British diplomats British expatriates in the Soviet Union British spies against the Soviet Union Cold War spies {{UK-diplomat-stub