Gervase Cowell

Gervase Cowell MBE ((1926-08-04)4 August 1926 – (2000-05-02)2 May 2000) was half of a British husband-and-wife intelligence team who handled Colonel Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet GRU military intelligence officer who provided the West with invaluable military secrets.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Gervase Cowell
Born	(1926-08-04)4 August 1926 Sale, Cheshire
Died	2 May 2000(2000-05-02) (aged 73) Sutton, London
Education	St Bede's College, Manchester
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Intelligence agent, diplomat and Historian
Spouse	Pamela Alger
Children	Two sons and a daughter

Gervase and Pamela Cowell replaced another couple, Charles and Janet Chisholm, after Janet became pregnant and was recalled to London in June 1962.^[1] After Penkovsky was arrested on 22 October 1962, tried and later executed, the Cowells were expelled from the Soviet Union.^[1]

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]

Bibliography

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