Paddy Mayne
British Soldier
Died when: 40 years 337 days (491 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne, DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955) was a British Army officer from Newtownards, capped for Ireland and the British Lions at rugby union, lawyer, amateur boxer, and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).
During the course of the Second World War, Mayne became one of the British Army's most highly decorated soldiers.He was controversially denied a Victoria Cross.
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