Paddy Mayne
Commons · Question 34845 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of awarding the Victoria Cross to Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne.
Answer
Answered by Al Carns, 31 Mar 2025
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne’s brave actions and leadership in command of 1 SAS Regiment on Operation HOWARD in April 1945 were recognised with the award of a third bar to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Whilst he was originally recommende...