Background
He was born to George William Paton who was Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Messrs Bryant and May Limited and was educated at Rottingdean School and Clifton College Bristol.
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He was born to George William Paton who was Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Messrs Bryant and May Limited and was educated at Rottingdean School and Clifton College Bristol.
Clifton College.
Paton was 22 years old, and an acting captain in the 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 1 December 1917 at Gonnelieu, France, when a unit on Captain Paton"s left was driven back, thus leaving his flank in the air and his company practically surrounded, he walked up and down adjusting the line, within 50 yards of the enemy, under a withering fire. He personally removed several wounded men and was the last to leave the village. Later he again adjusted the line and when the enemy counter-attacked four times, each time sprang on to the parapet, deliberately risking his life, in order to stimulate his mentor
He was eventually mortally wounded.