Richard Pine-Coffin

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Richard Pine-Coffin
Nickname"Wooden Box"
Born(1908-12-02)2 December 1908
Portledge Manor, Bideford, Devon, England
Died28 February 1974(1974-02-28) (aged 65)
Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
Service years1928–1958
RankColonel
Service number40705
UnitDevonshire Regiment
Parachute Regiment
Commands3rd Parachute Battalion
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
ConflictsSecond World War
Palestine Emergency
Malayan Emergency
AwardsDistinguished Service Order & Bar
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin, DSO & Bar, MC (2 December 1908 – 28 February 1974) was an officer of the British Army who saw service during the Second World War. He commanded the 3rd Parachute Battalion in North Africa and the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion in Normandy, Belgium and Germany. His troops, amused by the unusual applicability of his family name (soldiers were usually buried in simple pine wood coffins), referred to him as "Wooden Box".

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