George Vokins
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 August 1896 Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 6 June 1985 (aged 88) Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Modern pentathlon |
George Louis Vokins (3 August 1896 – 6 June 1985) was a British modern pentathlete.[1] He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
He was born in Preston, Lancashire[4] the son of a British cavalry soldier. He and a younger brother were both pupils at the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Dover, Kent. He went on to join the British Army serving in the cavalry in World War 1 and the interwar years; and later the Royal Armoured Corps Yeomanry during the Second World War.[5] He was awarded the Military Medal (twice)[6] and later made a Member of the British Empire.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "George Vokins". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "George Vokins Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ "Paris 1924 Individual competition men Results - Olympic modern-pentathlon". Olympics.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
- ^ "Olympedia – George Vokins". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Ancestry.com. UK, British Army Recipients of the Military Medal, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- ^ London, Gazette (1 January 1955). "Supplement 40366, 31 December 1954 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk: 9. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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