Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin
Military Person
1908 – 1974
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Who was Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin?
Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin DSO & Bar, MC was a parachute officer of the British Army during World War II. He commanded the 3rd Parachute Battalion in North Africa and the 7th Parachute Battalion in Normandy, Belgium, and Germany. His troops, amused by the unusual applicability of his family name, referred to him as "Wooden Box".
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- Born
- Dec 2, 1908
Devon - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Feb 28, 1974
Royal Hospital Haslar
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on July 23, 2013
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