Richard Pine-Coffin
Richard Pine-Coffin | |
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| Nickname(s) | "Wooden Box" |
| Born | 2 December 1908 Portledge Manor, Bideford, Devon, England |
| Died | 28 February 1974 (aged 65) Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1928–1958 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Service number | 40705 |
| Unit | Devonshire Regiment Parachute Regiment |
| Commands | 3rd Parachute Battalion 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment |
| Battles / wars | Second World War Palestine Emergency Malayan Emergency |
| Awards | Distinguished 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".