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Paddy Mayne
British Army officer (1915–1955)
Lieutenant ColonelRobert Blair Mayne, DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955), best known as Paddy Mayne or familiarly as Blair, was a British Armyofficer from Newtownards.
He was an amateur boxing champion, qualified as a solicitor and was capped for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions at rugby union before becoming a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).[1]
Serving with distinction during the Second World War, Mayne became one of the British Army's most highly decorated officers.[2] He was controversially denied the Victoria Cross, a decoration which King George VI remarked "so strangely eluded him".[3]
Early life and sporting achievements
Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne was born at Newtownards, County Down, Ireland , the third son and sixth of seven children of a staunch Presbyterian family of Scottish extraction, among whom was Sir William Mayne.[4] Th
