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Award a posthumous Victoria Cross to Robert Blair (Paddy) Mayne.

Submitted on Wednesday 5th April 2023

Rejected on Tuesday 11th April 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: honours (see below for details)

Petition Action

Award a posthumous Victoria Cross to Robert Blair (Paddy) Mayne.

Petition Details

The Irishman, Robert Blair “Paddy” Mayne must rank among the most courageous and significant heroes of the Second World War. Yet he has never been awarded the VC.

Even King George at the time could not understand why this was the case and it was downgraded to a DSO.

Additional Information

This man did so much for the war effort that he deserves to be awarded this medal even posthumously. We the undersigned agree with the late King George VI in his assessment that Paddy should receive this award, regardless of any reasons why he was never awarded it in the first place.

This government has a chance to rectify the error made years ago by awarding this long overdue medal now, so that his family and the whole of the British Isles can share in their admiration for what he did.


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