Paddy Mayne
Irish rugby union player, lawyer, boxer, and soldier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne, DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955), better known as Paddy Mayne, was a British Army officer from Newtownards, capped for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions at rugby union, lawyer, amateur boxer, and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).
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Robert Blair Mayne | |
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Nickname(s) | Paddy The Irish Lion |
Born | (1915-01-11)11 January 1915 Newtownards, County Down, Ireland |
Died | 14 December 1955(1955-12-14) (aged 40) Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1939–1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Commands held | 1st Special Air Service Regiment |
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Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast Regent House Grammar School |
Other work | Secretary to the Law Society of Northern Ireland, lawyer, boxer |
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During the course of the Second World War, Mayne became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers.[1] He was controversially denied a Victoria Cross.