Paddy Mayne - Wikipedia
WEBLieutenant 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).
‘Paddy’ Mayne: An Irish Lion - National Army Museum
WEB‘Paddy’ Mayne: An Irish Lion. Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Paddy’ Mayne is a legendary figure in the history of the Special Forces. A celebrated sportsman with a turbulent character, he played a vital role in the early successes of the Special Air Service (SAS), becoming one of its most important commanders.
Life of a Lion: Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne - British & Irish Lions
WEBDec 8, 2022 · Life of a Lion: Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne. Many myths and urban legends surround the life of British & Irish Lion Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne but one thing is for certain – his story is one that demands to be told.
Blair Mayne: Lions legend 80 years ago and a decorated soldier
WEBJul 25, 2018 · Robert Blair 'Paddy' Mayne was a British Army soldier from Newtownards, County Down and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS). During World War Two he became one of the British...
The real Paddy Mayne: SAS founder and a British and Irish Lion
WEBDec 8, 2022 · Mayne was renowned for his bravery on the pitch and his antics off it – especially during the Lions tour of South Africa in 1938. Paddy Mayne was one of the British Army’s most decorated...
Paddy Mayne: The bravehearted Irish Lion who joined the SAS
WEBJun 2, 2017 · Mayne lined out in 17 of the 20 provincial games and all three tests against the Springboks; having lost the first two he was singularly influential in securing a victory for the Lions in the...
Brave, brutal and misunderstood: Paddy Mayne, the daring …
WEBNov 8, 2022 · Competing in the 1938 Lions Tour of South Africa, the then 23-year-old Mayne could not have known that but a year later he, along with much of the British Isles – the team he was representing, would be off to war, much of it fought at the other end of the African continent, in the Sahara Desert.
Paddy Mayne: An SAS Legend and a Dangerous Loose Cannon
WEBSep 19, 2018 · Blair “Paddy” Mayne was one of the pillars of the early SAS. A man of extraordinary nerve but equally a man with a problematic temperament, Mayne epitomised the qualities you’d look for in an SAS operative.
Irish SAS Hero: Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne - HistoryNet
WEBAug 17, 2021 · Born Jan. 11, 1915, in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, to a large Protestant family, Mayne was a quiet young man with literary ambitions who studied law at Queen’s University in Belfast. Few would have expected him to become a founding member of Britain’s elite Special Air Service (SAS).
Irish Warrior: The Paddy Mayne Story - World Rugby Museum
WEBOct 31, 2022 · Though a poor season for Ireland, Mayne had shown enough strength and tenacity to impress the selectors for the forthcoming British Isles tour of South Africa and was amongst those to receive an invitation to play. Now known as Paddy, Mayne accepted and set sail for the Cape onboard HMS Stirling Castle.
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