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Geoffrey Pine-Coffin was born in 1908 in rodinnom mansion in Devonshire into a family with dlhou military tradíciou.
In youth vyštudoval Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. In the year 1928 is pridelený ako podporućík to Devonshireskému regiment, 1931 sa becomes poručíkom and kapitánom in 1938. A short while after the outbreak of the 2. st. war is menovaný major (war substantive) .
In time vytvárania 2. skydiving battalion in 1941 is pridelený to it and subsequently to 3. parašutistckému battalion ako zástupca velitela. Neskôr he zverené velenie this unit, ako dočastnému lieutenant colonel and next to ju during the Tuniskej kapmpane from November 1942 to April fool's day 1943.
When 1. paratroop brigade vyplávala to Africa koncom 1942, 3. parpor ju nasledoval of Gibraltar and the chip leader san and operáciu obsadenia letsika Bone,in Tunisii. Zoskok sa uskutočnil 12.11.1942 and letisko bolo čoskoro in the hands of parašutistov. Zanedlho bol battalion under the útokom JU 87, however, the battalion vydržal and in a few days he was in pozćiách vystriedaný.
During nasledovných mesiacov unit fought ako normálna pechotná unit at Bou Arada and in the battle of Tamera.
When sa ended his time on the poste velitela prapora is Pine-Coffin called to Britain at a time when sa battalion to train them on výsadok in Sicily.
Here is his zverené velenie 7. skydiving battalion, of the former 10. Battalion Somersetskej lahkej pechoty (7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion (formerly 10th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry)).
At the forefront of this sa participates in vylodenia in Normandy.Here you vyslúži taktiež his first DSO for the defense of mostov through the channel of Caen.
After that as the germans launched the Ardennes offensive, 6. airborne divízia bola presunutá to Belgium as support spojeneckej defense. Pine-Coffinova battalion mal iba obmedzenú role and after a stop and discourage offensive is the banner presunutý to Holland and subsequently to the Uk vo februári 1945.
Battalion zohráva role during the transition through Rhine 24.3.1945 and here it is for his contribution to the success operácie Pine-Coffin award-winning barom to DSO.
His battalion mal for the role obsadiť and udržať pozície close to Hamminkeln and poskytovať krytie 5. brigade during the procedure on it to ciele. Battalion during zoskoku bol cieľom strong German ostrelovania of flak and it's pozemných forces. During hard the battle is Pine-Coffin výžne zrananý in the face but odmieta evakuáciu and encouraging his to keep his unit in combat.
7. the banner of ending the war in may 1945 along with ostatkom divízie in Wismar.
In povojnovom period slúži at the battalion up to the year 1947 on the ďalekom east and in Palestíne.
For your service in Burme is zmienený in the news in 1946, 3.7.1948 is a substantive lieutenant-colonel and preberá velenie 1. battalion Devonshireského regiment in Maljsii. This neighborhood during the počiatočných period Maljskej er and vo februári sa vracia Colchester. During tohto obdobia is again zmienený in the news.
From Devonshireského regiment odchádza oaby sa vrátol to Paršutistickému regiment as colonel of the unit and the commander of the plukovnej compensation (training centres) and this post zastáva from 1952 to 1955.
Subsequently it is velitelom military school Army MT and the garrison commander in Bordon. 20.12.1958 odchádza retired.
Umiera in the Royal námornej the hospital, Gosport 28.2.1974.
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