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Military Medal GV (9721 Pte. O. L [sic]. Lakin. 2/ S. Staff: R.);
QSA (3) Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (5758 Corpl: O. Lakin. S. Staff: Regt.);
1914 Star, with clasp (9721 Pte. O. J. Lakin. S. Staff. R.);
British War and Victory Medals (4-9721 Pte. O. J. Lakiun [sic]. S. Staff. R.)

MM London Gazette 14 September 1916.

Oliver James Lakin was born in 1881 and attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment, seeing active service with them during the Boer War. Re-enlisting, he saw further service with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 November 1914, and was reported to have been wounded in action in both March and May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Defence Corps.