Clifford Coffin
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Clifford Coffin | |
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| Born | 10 February 1870 Blackheath, London, England |
| Died | 4 February 1959 (aged 88) |
| Buried | Holy Trinity Churchyard, Colemans Hatch, East Sussex |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Service years | 1888–1924 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Unit | Royal Engineers |
| Commands | 25th Infantry Brigade |
| Conflicts | Second Boer War First World War |
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| Relations | Isaac 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 award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in Blackheath, the son of Lieutenant General Sir Isaac Coffin, Clifford Coffin was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in February 1888.[1]
He attended the Staff College, Camberley, from 1894–1895.[2]
He served in the Second Boer War and was mentioned in dispatches.
On August 22 1894 at Saint Bartholomew, Saint Pancras: Grays Inn Road, Camden, England Clifford Coffin Married Helen Douglas Jackson 1869-1949, daughter of Knight Commander Sir Thomas Sturgess Jackson 1842- 1934 who was Son of Rev Thomas Jackson 1812- 1866.
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