Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameAmbrose Constantine (Alexander) Ionides, GGG Grandson
Birth9 Apr 1878, London, England
Death16 Oct 1915, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
MemoKilled in action according to Andrew Tatham.
BurialCommonwealth War Grave, Menin Gate, Ypres, France
MemoBody presumably not found - recorded on a panel.
Baptism9 Jun 1878, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
ResidenceThe Homewood, Esher, Surrey, England
OccupationMerchant and banker in London. Member of the London Stock Exchange.
EducationEton.
Note 1Killed in action. Lieutenant in the King’s Royal Rifles. According to his grad-daughter Helen: “He was killed by a sniper, choosing to go out on reconnaissance thereby protecting his men...”
God-parentsPenelope Sechiari (represented by Euterpe A. C. Ionides).
Flags***, Avierino, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Galati, Giustiniani Ig, Giustiniani Pi, Ionides, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Schilizzi, Sechiari, Sevastopoulos, Vouro, Zizinia
FatherAlexander 'Aleco' (Alexander) Ionides (1840-1898)
MotherZambelou ‘Isabella’ (Ambrose) Sechiari (1853-1913)
Marriage29 Jul 1911, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
SpouseEuphrosyne ‘Effie’ (Dimitrios) Spartali
Birth3 Mar 1880, London, England
Death12 Sep 1935, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Burial16 Sep 1935, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
MemoCremated at Golders Green, London, England.
Baptism18 Apr 1880, Church of Our Saviour, London Wall, City of London, England
Residence1935, Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Residence1915, The Cottage, Carlisle, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Note 1England’s Ladies Croquet champion in 1931, runner up in 1926 and 1933. Her net estate of £38,791 and was left to her children.
God-parentsMichael & Euphrosyne Spartali.
Flags***, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Ralli (Pitsis), Ralli (Spechlis), Rodocanachi, Scaramanga, Sechiari, Spartali 1
FatherDimitrios (Michael) Spartali (1851-1894)
MotherVirginia (Antonios) Ralli (1859-1935)
Children
1 MDionysos Alexander ‘Denis’ (Ambrose) Ionides, GGGG Grandson
Birth23 May 1912, London, England
Death29 Nov 1978, Horham Eye, Suffolk, England
MemoLung cancer.
SpouseBarbara Helen Edmonda (Cyril) Carpenter (1913-1990)
Marriage16 Oct 1936, Holy Trinity Church Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London, England
ChildrenHelen Euphrosyne (Dionysos) (1938-)
2 FIrene (Ambrose) Ionides °, GGGG Granddaughter
Birth9 Sep 1914, East Horsley, Surrey, England
MemoG. Vassiadis say 6 Sep 1914.
Death3 Sep 1986, Midhurst, Sussex, England