Birth Name: Jack Piers Dakin
Date of Birth: 19 March 1996
Place of Birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England
Date of Death: 13 February 2016
Place of Death: Södertälje, Stockholm County, Sweden
Ethnicity: English, possibly Scottish
Jack Dakin was an English musician. He was best known as the drummer of the English indie pop band Viola Beach until all of them died of a car accident. His father, Ian Piers Dakin, is possibly Scottish. His mother, Joanne M. (Hipkiss), is English.
Jack’s maternal grandparents were ? Hipkiss and ? Bennett.
Sources: Jack’s birth record – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHD-FG7S
Marriage record of Jack’s parents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVX2-XHZ2
Birth record of Jack’s mother – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV7R-ZXVB
