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Major John Martin Oakey MC (13 June 1888 - 30 January 1963) was a businessman and public servant. Following education at Cheltenham and Cambridge, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1912. He later became chairman of the family firm of Joan Oakey & Sons Limited, abrasive manufacturers. During the First World War he served in the Artists' Rifles and the Royal Engineers (Special Brigade), the British Army's chemical warfare branch. He won a Military Cross in 1917 for...

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  • Major John Martin Oakey MC (13 June 1888 - 30 January 1963) was a businessman and public servant. Following education at Cheltenham and Cambridge, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1912. He later became chairman of the family firm of Joan Oakey & Sons Limited, abrasive manufacturers. During the First World War he served in the Artists' Rifles and the Royal Engineers (Special Brigade), the British Army's chemical warfare branch. He won a Military Cross in 1917 for...
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  • Major John Martin Oakey MC (13 June 1888 - 30 January 1963) was a businessman and public servant. Following education at Cheltenham and Cambridge, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1912. He later became chairman of the family firm of Joan Oakey & Sons Limited, abrasive manufacturers. During the First World War he served in the Artists' Rifles and the Royal Engineers (Special Brigade), the British Army's chemical warfare branch. He won a Military Cross in 1917 for... " conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in command of four trench mortar batteries he carried out a most successful piece of work. Two thousand rounds of ammunition had to be carried a distance of 2,500 yards. This was successfully accomplished, in spite of enemy fire and the difficulty of working over open ground at night." He was a Municipal Reform Party and later a Conservative Party member of the London County Council for twenty-seven years. From 1931-49 he was an alderman and from 1949-58 a councillor representing Lewisham North. He was Deputy Chairman of the London County Council for 1947-48.He was awarded the CBE in the 1958 Birthday Honours for " political and public services in London". He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers and a justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the County of London. At the time of his death he was Chairman of the National Heart Hospital and of the Tooting Bec Hospital Board. He was the last of the family to be buried in the family plot in West Norwood Cemetery.
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