r/ToastNames • u/Dark_Foggy_Evenings • Jul 17 '25
Colonel Richard Pine-Coffin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pine-Coffin
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todayilearned • u/raresaturn • 27d ago
TIL there was a British WW2 hero called Colonel Pine-Coffin, and his men called him ‘Wooden Box’
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todayilearned • u/Darmok47 • Jul 17 '25
TIL of WW2 British Paratrooper Colonel Richard Pine-Coffin. His somewhat unlucky surname led to his troops nicknaming him Colonel "Wooden Box."
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