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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.
02 Dec 1908 - 20 Feb 1974. Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin, the son of John Edward and Louise Pine-Coffin, was born on the Pine-Coffin family estate in Devonshire in December 1908. His family had a long tradition of serving in the British Armed Forces and Pine-Coffin was commissioned into The Devonshire Regiment, as a Second Lieutenant posted to ...
Extended biography of Geoffrey Pine-Coffin. Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin, the son of John Edward and Louise Pine-Coffin, was born on the Pine-Coffin family estate in Devonshire on 2 December 1908. His family had a long tradition of serving in the British Armed Forces; his father, a Brevet Major in the British Army, served with the mounted ...
Colonel Richard Pine-Coffin played an important role in the many military operations by the British air landing units during the Second World War. He was awarded for bravery for his actions in the North Africa, France and Germany.
Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin, DSO* 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...
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin MC. Unit : Battalion HQ, 7th Parachute Battalion. Service No. : 40705. Awards : Distinguished Service Order and Bar, Military Cross. Geoffrey Pine-Coffin was born in 1908 on the family estate in Devonshire.
At the Ranville bridge, Major Howard breathed a sign of relief when he saw Brigadier Poett’s tall figure striding toward him out of the dark with one man; the rest of Lt. Col. Richard Geoffrey Pine-Coffin’s 7th Para was some distance behind, the victims of an inaccurate drop.
