Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameDemosthenes Cyril (John) Couvela, 6C1R
Birth24 Jan 1901, Athens, Greece/Hellenes
Death19 Oct 1992, Farnham, Surrey, England
OccupationChartered accountant in Athens until WWll. Served in SIS (MI6) in Turkey during WWll.
Note 1Changed his name to Denys Cyril Crompton-Couvela on 21 Oct 1936. Served as a Greek-English translator for British forces in Greece until the German occupation when he joined SIS (MI6).
Note 2Some of his descendants contributed at length to these genealogies but in 2024 the entire branch had to be removed at the insistence of one member of the family.
Flags***, Argenti, Avierino, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Coressi, Couvela, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Sevastopoulos, Vlasto, Vouro
FatherJohn Demosthenes (Demosthenes) Couvela (1871-1935)
MotherJenny Frances Amy (Henry) Crompton (1879-1979)
Marriage7 Jul 1934
SpouseMarjorie Joyce Wintle
Birth29 Jun 1909
Death7 Mar 1993, Farnham, Surrey, England
Note 1Her letters to her husband during WWll were published by her grandson Jack in book form [see: www.lulu.com/spotlight/jackcouvela] and as an e-publication in 2012...
Note 2“... The wartime letters of Marjorie Crompton-Couvela to her husband Denys. 'All My Love' details the real life experiences of one woman and her family during World War Two following the evacuation of Athens in 1940...”
Children
2 M(Male), 7th Cousin
Birth1936
3 M(Male), 7th Cousin
Birth1940
Spouse(Female)
No Children
Spouse(Female)
No Children
4 F(Female), 7th Cousin
Birth1942