SpouseHelen Croil (Michel) Vlasto °, GGG Granddaughter
Birth15 Apr 1920, 29 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
MemoHer grandmother’s home.
Death5 Jul 2001
MemoHeart failure.
Burial11 Jul 2001, Brasted, Kent, England
Baptism15 Sep 1920, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
Residence1972, Bridge Cottage, Brasted, Kent, England
Residence1953-72, Courtlands, Westerham, Kent, England
Residence1946-1953, Monksway, Westerham Kent, England
Residence1920-1939, 16 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London, England
OccupationAuthor.
EducationNorland Place, Kensington, London. Crofton Grange.
Note 1Free French HQ, London then VAD Royal Navy 1940-45. Among her published books: ‘Greek Fire’ (an account of the massacres on Chios), ‘Change Into Uniform’ (an autobiography), ‘Safe Houses Are Dangerous’ (an account of the Pat Line escape network in WWll).
Note 2Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham (1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope) proposed the toast at their marriage at the Garden Suite in the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.
Note 3In 1940 she served briefly as an interpreter for General de Gaulle at Free French Headquarters, Carlton Gardens, London. She then trained as a nurse and joined the V.A.D. as a nurse at Haslar Hospital and then at 64th General Hospital in Alexandria during the Battle of Alamein.
God-parentsMaria Vlasto and Fanny Rodocanachi (represented by Maria Zarifi and Fanny Rodocanachi) and George M. Croil (her uncle). [Who is this Maria Vlasto?]
OriginLondon.
Flags***, Argenti, Boscovic, Cantacuzene, Caralli, Coressi, Croil, Dickson, Dwerniki, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Pi, Kaplanoglou, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Mitchell, Petrocochino, Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Shives/Chivas, Vlasto, Zarifi