ON the BBC’s brilliant World War Two TV blockbuster SAS Rogue Heroes, Lt Col Paddy Mayne is ­portrayed as a foul-mouthed, ...

Jack O'Connell portrays one of the SAS's most important, and controversial, figures Paddy Mayne in the BBC historical drama.

Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne was born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, and he came to be one of the most prominent members of the SAS. (Getty Images) Mayne was one of the founding members of the ...

and Robert Blair “Paddy” Mayne (Jack O'Connell). It is Mayne, one of the SAS's most prominent members, who is at the forefront of the second series as it charts the brigade's campaign in ...

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne (played by Jack O'Connell) is one of the real life characters under focus in the series. The soldier was a prominent British Army officer and a key ...

Now, there are fresh calls for one of the leaders of those commandos - Blair 'Paddy' Mayne - to be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest British award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.

The last we saw of Paddy Mayne he was in in the desert, machine gun on his up, contemplating commanding the 1st SAS regiment after David Stirling had been captured by the Germans, and saying ...

Calls for Blair 'Paddy' Mayne - one of the most highly decorated soldiers of WWII - to be awarded Victoria Cross honourCalls for Blair 'Paddy' Mayne - one of the most highly decorated soldiers of ...

Depiction of Newtownards decoration soldier in BBC dram slammedCalls for Blair Mayne to get posthumous VCYet another 'atrocious’ NI accent on our screens Newtownards man Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne ...