Global Information Lookup Global Information

Clifford Coffin information


Clifford Coffin
Born(1870-02-10)10 February 1870
Blackheath, London, England,
Died4 February 1959(1959-02-04) (aged 88)
Torquay, Devon, England
Buried
Holy Trinity Churchyard, Colemans Hatch, East Sussex
AllegianceClifford Coffin United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1888 - 1924
RankMajor General
UnitRoyal Engineers
Commands held25th Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars
  • Second Boer War
  • World War I
Awards
  • Victoria Cross
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath
  • Distinguished Service Order & Bar
  • Croix de Guerre (France)
  • Légion d'honneur
RelationsIsaac Coffin (father)

Major General Clifford Coffin VC CB DSO & Bar (10 February 1870 – 4 February 1959) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

and 19 Related for: Clifford Coffin information

Request time (Page generated in 0.829 seconds.)

Clifford Coffin

Last Update:

Major General Clifford Coffin VC CB DSO & Bar (10 February 1870 – 4 February 1959) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the...

Word Count : 550

List of people educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Last Update:

Thompson Capper Major General William George Walker Major General Clifford Coffin Brigadier George William St. George Grogan Brigadier Francis Aylmer...

Word Count : 1547

List of British Vogue cover models

Last Update:

Erwin Blumenfeld March 1948 Clifford Coffin April 1948 Betty Threat Horst P. Horst May 1948 Barbara Goalen Clifford Coffin June 1948 Ricki Van Dusen Irving...

Word Count : 30

General Coffin

Last Update:

General Coffin may refer to: Clifford Coffin (1870–1959), British Army major general Isaac Coffin (1801–1872), East India Company major general Timothy...

Word Count : 65

Isaac Coffin

Last Update:

was survived by his wife and several children which included Clifford Coffin V.C. "Coffin, Sir Isaac Campbell (bap. 1801, d. 1872)". Oxford Dictionary...

Word Count : 575

Barbara Goalen

Last Update:

Early on in her career, she became a favourite of Vogue photographer Clifford Coffin and was also to work with leading fashion names such as Norman Parkinson...

Word Count : 735

Royal Engineers

Last Update:

South Africa Brett Mackay Cloutman, 1918, Pont-sur-Sambre, France Clifford Coffin, 1917, Westhoek, Belgium James Morris Colquhoun Colvin, 1897, Mohmand...

Word Count : 6711

List of Vogue France cover models

Last Update:

September Candy Tanney Clifford Coffin October Ivy Nicholson Erwin Blumenfeld November Nancy Berg Elsa Martinelli Candy Tanney Clifford Coffin December/January...

Word Count : 62

List of English Victoria Cross recipients

Last Update:

Henry Hugh Clifford British Army 1854 Crimean War Inkerman Brett Mackay Cloutman British Army 1918 First World War Pont-sur-Sambre Clifford Coffin British...

Word Count : 22

Battle of Pilckem Ridge

Last Update:

Brigade was due to advance over Westhoek Ridge. Brigadier-General Clifford Coffin decided that it was too late to stop the attack and sent a company...

Word Count : 11429

List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients

Last Update:

Royal Engineers 1918-11-066 November 1918 Pont-sur-Sambre, France Clifford Coffin Corps of Royal Engineers 1917-07-3131 July 1917 Westhoek, Belgium Harold...

Word Count : 1295

Thomas Sturges Jackson

Last Update:

(1868-1945), and Helen Douglas Jackson (1869-1949), wife of Major-General Clifford Coffin. Jackson died in September 1934 in Colchester, England. JACKSON, Adm...

Word Count : 437

Ponnambalam Ramanathan

Last Update:

General Officer Commanding the Troops Clifford Coffin Colonial Secretary Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh Attorney General Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest...

Word Count : 1404

Henry De Mel

Last Update:

General Officer Commanding the Troops Clifford Coffin Colonial Secretary Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh Attorney General Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest...

Word Count : 647

Thomas Howard Chapman

Last Update:

General Officer Commanding the Troops Clifford Coffin Colonial Secretary Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh Attorney General Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest...

Word Count : 48

Wilfred Martin Rajapakse

Last Update:

General Officer Commanding the Troops Clifford Coffin Colonial Secretary Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh Attorney General Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest...

Word Count : 166

Arthur Alvis

Last Update:

General Officer Commanding the Troops Clifford Coffin Colonial Secretary Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh Attorney General Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest...

Word Count : 122

Tikiri Bandara Panabokke II

Last Update:

General Officer Commanding the Troops Clifford Coffin Colonial Secretary Graeme Thomson Benjamin Horsbourgh Attorney General Henry Gollan Thomas Forrest...

Word Count : 657

Capture of Westhoek

Last Update:

the Gheluvelt Plateau was such that on 16 August, Brigadier-General Clifford Coffin of the 25th Division reported that the German dead he saw in the Hanebeek...

Word Count : 7621

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net