Patrick upon completion of his education at Clifton College in Bristol, served with the Honourable Artillery Company in London, and received a commission in 1934 in the Territorial Army.
He was reassigned during the Second World War to the Field Artillery, and after receiving a promotion in 1942 to the rank of major, he was stationed in Basra, Iraq.
[3][4] When Hill completed his military service in 1946, he joined the family clothing business of Wathen Gardiner & Co, being promoted in 1954 to a senior partner in the firm.
The Bristol Uniforms brand was soon recognized as one of the foremost manufacturers of fire protective clothing in the world, and remains so today.
[6] Hill in addition to his corporate responsibilities served several times in the 1960s as chairman of the Clothing Federation, and he was president in 1977 of the Anchor Society, a charitable organization in Bristol.