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COFFIN, Clifford
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
COFFIN, Clifford
Date Of Birth
10 Feb 1870
Age
47
Birth Place
Blackheath, London
Nationality
British
Resided Place
Blackheath, London; Torquay, Devon, England
Date
31 Jul 1917
Date Of Death
4 Feb 1959
Further Information
General Officers employed and Officers holding General, Administrative, Technical Departmental Staff Appointments specified in the Army order No 95 of 1918. Staff College Graduate. Signifies that the Officers name appears in the "Foreign Orders" list, published quarterly. Qualified as 1st class Interpreter in a Modern Foreign Language.
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Corps of Royal Engineers, Commander 25th Infantry Brigade. Aide-de-Camp to the King. Later Brevet Colonel 01/01/1918 and Temporary Major-General 07/05/1918. Removed from the Corps and still on the active list. Colonel-in-Chief. Colonel Commandant. Late Royal Engineers. Retired pay. Honorary Major General seniority date, 06/12/1936. Ceylon 01/01/1918. Officer Commanding, Ceylon 08/06/1920. Local Colonel Commandant 01/01/1921.
Rank Name
Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank (2nd)
Temporary Brigadier-General
Award Details
New Year Honours List (D.S.O.); Distinguished Service (MiD); Award received from France during First World War (Légion d'Honneur); Decoration conferred by The President of the French Republic (Légion d'Honneur); Award received from Belgium during First World War (Ordre de la Couronne); Award received from Imperial Russia during First World War (Order of St Stanislas).
Gazette Date
1917
Gazette Page
9531 (V.C.); Issue: 30284 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Westhoek, Belgium; France and Flanders
Service
British Army
Regiment
Royal Engineers
Place of Death
Torquay, Devon
Seniority Date
22 Jun 1915
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
award
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
award
British War Medals WW1
award
Victory Medal
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
unit
Royal Engineers
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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