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VC843   Clifford Coffin

Name   Clifford Coffin   No.      

VC Issue No.   843   Awards   VC   CB   DSO & Bar

Regiment   Corps of Royal Engineers commanding 25th Infantry Brigade

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Temporary Brigadier General

Rank End Of Career   Major-General

Place Of Birth   Blackheath, London, England

Place Of Death   Torquay, Devon, England

Buried/Location Ashes   Holy Trinity Churchyard, Colemans Hatch, Hartfield, Sussex, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone    Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   14 September 1917

VC Presented   2 January 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Holy Trinity Churchyard, Colemans Hatch, Hartfield, Sussex, England

P  Named on 'For Valour' board at the Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent

P  Victoria Cross Mural, Lewisham Shopping Center, Lewisham, South East London

P  Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Civic Centre, Lewisham, South East London

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, By War Memorial, High Street South, Lewisham, South East London

By The Way…

The grave was refurbished in 2013 thanks to the efforts of the Victoria Cross Trust

VC Held By

Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Prince Arthur Road, Chatham, Kent, England

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BORN   10 February 1870

DIED   4 February 1959   AGE   88

VC Won   31 July 1917   AGE   47

Place VC Won   Westhoek, Belgium

War/Campaign   First World War 1917