LORD”AESRHOC ORFO FT’S THE MONTH”
LEADERSHIP
AGGRESSION • BOLDNESS INITIATIVE • SACRIFICE SKILL • ENDURANCE
The many Victoria Crosses and George Crosses in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum in London are displayed under one of seven different qualities of bravery. Whilst Acting Captain George Henry Tatham Paton VC, MC’s award is not part of the collection, Lord Ashcroft feels that it falls within the category of leadership:
“Charismatic, strong, inspirational, the natural leader not only takes command, but also infuses all those around them with confidence and hope. They exude calm and resolve. They are a tower of strength.”
GEORGE HENRY Tatham Paton was born in Innellan, near Dunoon, Argyllshire, on 3 October 1895. He was the only son of Sir George William Paton, who at the time was working for Messrs Ross, Corbett & Co of Greenock. George Paton Snr later became the Deputy Chairman of Bryant & May and was knighted in 1930. George Paton Snr and his wife Henrietta (née Henderson) also had a daughter.
George Paton Jnr was educated at Rottingdean School, near Brighton, and Clifton College, Bristol. On 1 October 1914, and two days before his nineteenth birthday, he was commissioned…
