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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