
Name: Colonel Patrick Rupert Richard De Burgh OBE
Other names/aliases: Paddy
Date of birth: 8 November 1923
Place of birth: Cheshire, England
Nationality: British
Date of death: 2010
Place of death:
Service No: 273178
Unit(s): Royal Artillery, 1st Airborne Division
Rank: Colonel
Burial:
Memorials:
Medals and awards: North Afric Mentioned in Despatches (MID);
Ofcer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE);1939–1945 Star;
France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939–1945;
General Service Medal (with clasps for Palestine, Malaya, and
Borneo)
Education & Employment: Imperial Service College; Dauntsey’s
School, as governor.