SAVVAS ARGYROU (MOUSKOS)

He was born in May 1914 in the village of Koili in Paphos district. He moved to the village of Tala at the age of 16 and got married to Maria. They had five children.

He joined the English Army as a mercenary so as to raise his family. He took part in many battles and narrated many of the events he experienced to his family. While unfolding war stories, he mentioned Alelamei-Masapatou-Kasino-Korytsa.

During the battle in Korytsa, his team was separated and the survivors left for the mountains. Savvas, along with a co-fighter were wandering lost for days, without any food. They took fruits from the trees until they met a farmer. They worked for him and earned a piece of bread. Savvas actually mentioned that “he worked as a servant in a plot because that was the only way to survive”.

Difficulty and exigencies did not stop for Savvas. When the Germans entered Korytsa, he was kept captive and was led to a concentration camp.

His family did not hear from him for three years and they thought he was dead. 

When the war ended, with the help of the Red Cross, Savvas was located at the concentration camp. His relatives were then notified.

He returned to his family in 1945, after the war ended. He died in December 1995.

It is worth mentioning that he was honored by the English government in 1985.

Source:
Stavros Savva Argyrou, son of the Savvas Argyrou

OTHER FIGHTERS OF WAR WOLRD II’:

• HERCULES DEMETRIOU
• ANTONIS MAVROVOUNIOU (father of the Archbishop of Cyprus)
• DANIEL NICOLAOU
• HERODOTOS CHRISTODOULOU
• PANAYIOTIS CHRISTODOULOU POLEMITIS