George Vokins Explained

George Vokins
Birth Date:	3 August 1896
Birth Place:	Preston, Lancashire, England
Death Place:	Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Sport:	Modern pentathlon
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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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Vokins . Olympedia . 28 October 2021.
2. Web site: George Vokins Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/george-vokins-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 22 June 2012 . sports-reference.com.
3. Web site: Paris 1924 Individual competition men Results - Olympic modern-pentathlon . Olympics.com . 18 January 2022 . en.
4. FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
5. Web site: Olympedia – George Vokins . www.olympedia.org . 18 January 2022.
6. Ancestry.com. UK, British Army Recipients of the Military Medal, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
7. London . Gazette . Supplement 40366, 31 December 1954 London Gazette The Gazette . www.thegazette.co.uk . 1 Jan 1955 . 9 . 18 January 2022.