Английская Википедия:George Vokins

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox sportsperson 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]

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