[2][3] In 1939 he married (Hilda Elizabeth) Jean Bird (1915–2011), who became an expert in medieval ceramics and was a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Leeds from 1967 to 1980.

[5] His brother, Herbert Wallace Le Patourel, was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II.

[3] His papers and personal collection of books and materials relating to the Channel Islands was donated to the University of Leeds by his widow.

[citation needed] In 1979, the graduate student research office at the Institute for Medieval Studies was named the 'Le Patourel Room' in his honour.

[7] On 18 July 2015, a blue plaque was unveiled at his childhood home in Fosse André, St Peter Port, Guernsey, celebrating the lives of Le Patourel and his brother, Wallace.