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11 January 1915 – Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair 'Paddy' Mayne was born (d. 1955)

A British Army officer from Newtownards, he was capped for Ireland & the British Lions at rugby union. He was a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).

#otd 11 January 1915 – Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair 'Paddy' Mayne was born (d. 1955)

A British Army officer from Newtownards, he was capped for Ireland & the British Lions at rugby union. He was a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS).

#paddymayne
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Lt Col Robert Blair Mayne, DSO & Three Bars (11 Jan 1915 – 14 Dec 1955), better known as Paddy Mayne, was a British Army officer from Newtownards, a founding member of the Special Air Service.
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Lt Col Robert Blair Mayne, DSO & Three Bars (11 Jan 1915 – 14 Dec 1955), better known as Paddy Mayne, was a British Army officer from Newtownards, a founding member of the Special Air Service.
#PaddyMayne #SAS #SASWhoDaresWins 🇬🇧☘️ #TheIrishLion
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Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne, born 11 Jan 1915. An Ards man capped by Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. He would go on to become one of most decorated solders in British history. Visit the Blair Mayne lounge at Hamilton Park on a Saturday!🖤🤍

Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne, born 11 Jan 1915. An Ards man capped by Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. He would go on to become one of most decorated solders in British history. Visit the Blair Mayne lounge at Hamilton Park on a Saturday!🖤🤍#paddymayne #sas #irishrugby #WWII
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A true British hero and leader of men. Snap of my grandad (bottom left) who served under Paddy in North Africa, Sicily, France & Holland.
Heroes who revolutionised modern warfare.

A true British hero and leader of men.  Snap of my grandad (bottom left) who served under Paddy in North Africa, Sicily, France & Holland. 
Heroes who revolutionised modern warfare. 

#BlairMayne #PaddyMayne #SAS #WW2 #WhoDaresWins #SpecialAirService
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WILL YOU SIGN THIS PETITION

Seeking cross party support to posthumously award a VC for Robert Blair Mayne DSO

Founder member of Britain’s Special Air Service.

Click this link to sign the petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6326…

ASA Scotland Charity SCIO🇬🇧

WILL YOU SIGN THIS PETITION 

Seeking cross party support to posthumously award a VC for Robert Blair Mayne DSO 

Founder member of Britain’s Special Air Service. 

Click this link to sign the petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6326…

#PaddyMayne #VictoriaCross @AncreSommeScot
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Kev Wills (wills art world)(@kev9348) 's Twitter Profile Photo

14th Dec marks the 68th annianniversary of one a Britain’s greatest special forces soldier! One of the founders of the SAS, LT COL Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ mayne
Damien Lewis Blair Paddy Mayne Founder

14th Dec marks the 68th annianniversary of one a Britain’s greatest special forces soldier! One of the founders of the SAS, LT COL Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ mayne 
@authordlewis @blair_mayne #PaddyMayne #SASFounder #SpecialAirService #MilitaryPortrait #SAS
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Great photos of that 1938 British & Irish Lions team off duty here: rugbyrelics.com/museum/biogs/e…. in many, often in background aside from these at Victoria Falls & exercising on voyage to SA (shape of WW2 things to come). Warning: captions are very much of their time

Great photos of that 1938 @lionsofficial team off duty here: rugbyrelics.com/museum/biogs/e…. #BlairMayne #PaddyMayne in many, often in background aside from these at Victoria Falls & exercising on voyage to SA (shape of WW2 things to come). Warning: captions are very much of their time
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Blair Paddy Mayne Gavin Mortimer Lots of interesting docs but note the hand-written reference by for Scott. How many 100s of these did have to write, even after wartime SAS had been disbanded? His reference for Scott is admiring & personal tinyurl.com/2bxsv44y

@blair_mayne @PhoneyMajor Lots of interesting docs but note the hand-written reference by #BlairMayne for Scott. How many 100s of these did #Paddymayne have to write, even after wartime SAS had been disbanded? His reference for Scott is admiring & personal tinyurl.com/2bxsv44y
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Blair as a 16 year old, back row, far right, with his family taken at Mount Pleasant, the family home then a pupil at Regent House School and playing for Ards Rugby Club
Devoted to them, he wrote prolifically throughout his later wartime service

Blair as a 16 year old, back row, far right, with his family taken at Mount Pleasant, the family home #Newtownards then a pupil at @RegentHouseSch and playing for @ArdsRugbyClub  
Devoted to them, he wrote prolifically throughout his later wartime service #BlairMayne #PaddyMayne
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Still one of the joys of visiting New York: Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue. A big military section in which is well represented, thanks to Damien Lewis Joshua Levine. Don’t think the otherwise well-travelled BM visited US, Blair Paddy Mayne?

Still one of the joys of visiting New York: Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue @BNFifthAvenue. A big military section in which #blairmayne #paddymayne is well represented, thanks to @authordlewis @Joshua_Levine. Don’t think the otherwise well-travelled BM visited US, @blair_mayne?
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