Basic Details
Surname
Sarsfield-Hall
Forenames
Patrick Geoffrey Edward
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website (see references) states: ‘Patrick was born in Kensington in the summer of 1922 to Edwin Geoffrey Sarsfield-Hall and his wife, Ethel Robin Clowes. He had a younger sister. His father was Governor of Khartoum. When young, Patrick spent some time in the Sudan; the family with their Nanny returning to England from Port Sudan in February 1928. His parents retired to Keswick in 1936 and lived at Skiddaw Lodge.
He was educated at Radley and Matriculated in 1940.He was up at Christ Church for a year and was awarded his BA in 1944. He was gazetted to the 3rd Battalion Irish Guards on March 20th 1942. He died on October 28th 1944, presumably from injuries received earlier as the War Diary of the Battalion for October 28 reads - "The Bn remained in the area of the NIJMEGEN bridges and carried out a role of local protection. The period was quiet and uneventful and from time to time the Bn was visited by the Corps, Div and Bde Commanders for the purpose of inspecting the defences."
He is buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery Plot 18. A. 6. and he is commemorated on the Keswick War Memorial'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Holland
Country of burial
Holland
Town of burial
Jonkerbos
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
October
Day of death
28
Manner of death reference
Other