He was educated at Epsom College, before matriculating to the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School.
[3] Pailthorpe was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in September 1916, for gallantry and conspicuous bravery when attending to the wounded, with little regard for his own personal safety.
[5] He was awarded a bar to his MC in September 1918, for collecting the wounded during a raid while under heavy fire.
[12] He later served in British India, where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Muslims at Lahore in the 1928–29 Lahore Tournament.
[1] He was married to Barbara Martin at St James' Church in Southampton in April 1930.