January 11, 1915 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne is born
January(?) 1(?), 1933 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Paddy becomes Captain of the Newtownards Rugby Team
January(?) 1(?) 1934 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Paddy matriculates at Queen's University
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| Paddy, in the irish team |
April 1(?), 1937 - Wales - First of six caps for Ireland in Rugby
April 1(?), 1938 - Belfast - Paddy passes his final examinations as a solicitor and graduates from Queen's University
May 20, 1938 - Southampton - The British Rugby team departs to South Africa aboard the liner "Stirling Castle"
June 3, 1938 - Cape Town, South Africa - Arrival in South Africa. Mayne tours South Africa with the British Lions
September 23, 1938 - Cape Town - The "British Lions" sail home on board the "SS Athlone Castle"
December 1(?), 1938 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Paddy is called for an enterview in the Army
February 11, 1939 - Belfast - Paddy plays in the irish side against England
February 27, 1939 - Belfast - Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant
March 6, 1939 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Paddy Mayne joins the Territorial Army and is commissioned in 5. Light Anti-Artillery Territorial Regiment
March 11, 1939 - Belfast - Paddy plays in the irish side against Wales
August 24, 1939 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Mayne reports for duty
March 17, 1940 - Sydenham - St.Patrick's day celebrating in style
April 4, 1940 - Ballymena, Northern Ireland - Paddy is transfered to the Royal Ulster Rifles
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| Paddy Mayne in 11 Commando |
January 29, 1941 - Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde - Training landings - rumours about operation in Italy
January 31, 1941 - Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde - 11 (Scottish) Commando depart from the Firth of Clyde aboard 3 infantry landing ships "Glengyle", "Glenroy" and "Glenearn", together with 7 Commando and 8 (guards) commando
February 11, 1941 - Freetown, Sierra Leone - The ships stop at Freetown
February 13, 1941 - Line of the Equator - Force Z crosses the Equator
February 19, 1941 - Cape Town, South Africa - The ships stop at Cape Town. 11 Commando is put through a 4-hour march in full kit
February 28, 1941 - Line of the Equator - Force Z crosses the Equator
March 7, 1941 - Geneifa, Egypt - Sailed into the Suez Canal
April 26, 1941 - Geneifa, Egypt - 11 Commando Departs to Cyprus
April 29, 1941 - Nicosia, Cyprus - 11 Commando Arrives in Cyprus
June 2, 1941 - Famagusta - Mayne sends a letter to his father, informing him that he had applied to join another unit for the East
June 4, 1941 - Famagusta - 11 Commando Departs to Port Said aboard the destroyers "Hotspur" and "Ilex"
June 7, 1941 - Port Said, Egypt - Departs to the north of Tyre aboard "Glengyle"
June 9, 1941 - Litani River, Lebanon - Battle of the Litani River - against Vichy forces
June 11, 1941 - Tyre - Mayne arrives in Tyre with 70 prisoners
June 12, 1941 - Haifa, Palestine - 11 Commando moves to Haifa for 3 days' rest and recuperation
June 15, 1941 - Famagusta - 11 Commando disembarks in Cyprus
June 23, 1941 - Geneifa, Egypt - Mayne leaves 11 (Scottish) Commando - Goes down with a bout of Malaria and is admitted to Geneifa General Hospital
July 13, 1941 - Geneifa - Mayne is transfered to a convalescent Hospital
July 27, 1941 - Geneifa - Mayne leaves the convalescent hospital
August 30(?), 1941 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - David Stirling establishes his new force, The "Special Air Service" (SAS), at the RAF Kabrit facilities, north of Suez.
November 16, 1941 - Gazala | Tamini Airfields - Parachute drop in Libya - Gazala + Tamini Airfields (mission fails as during the drop in poor weather, vital supplies and detonators were lost) - the group begins a 40 mile walk into the desert for a rendezvous with a motor patrol for the Long Range Desert Group
December 8, 1941 - Jalo Oasis - Stirling and Mayne depart from Jalo with the LRDG to attack Tamet And Sirte airfields
December 14, 1941 - Tamet, Libya - After dropping Stirling, Mayne raids Tamet Airfield, 30 miles away - 14 aircraft destroyed, 10 other aircraft damaged by having their panels destroyed, and Petrol dumps destroyed. For his part in the raid, Paddy Mayne is awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
December 21, 1941 - Jalo Oasis - Stirling and Mayne depart for a second raid to Tamet
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| Iconic picture of SAS in Egypt |
December 27, 1941 - Tamet - Paddy Mayne returns to Tamet with other five men and destroys another 27 aircraft
January 3, 1942 - Jalo Oasis - LRDG picks up Stirling and Mayne on December 28th and takes them to base
January 17(?), 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - Mayne is tasked to train SAS volunteers, on the verge of insubordination for not going to raid Bouerat
January 30(?), 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit) - Promoted to Captain
March 15, 1942 - Siwa (SAS base) - Stirling and Mayne depart for Berka
March 18, 1942 - Djebel Akhdar - Mayne's party reaches Djebel Akhdar, the mountainous escarpment overlooking the Benghazi plain
March 21(?), 1942 - Berka Airfield - 15 aircraft destroyed + petrol dumps and 12 large torpedo bombs were blown up
July 4, 1942 - Kabrit - The SAS convoy moves off for the rendezvous north of the Quattara Depression
July 7, 1942 - Fuka Airfield - Raid to Fuka Airfield - The SAS bomb and shoot between 30 and 40 enemy aircraft
July 9, 1942 - El Daba Airfield (50 miles W of El Alamein) - 14 aircraft destroyed
July 11, 1942 - Fuka Airfield - 22 aircraft destroyed
July 15, 1942 - Al Kibrit (Kabrit), N. of Suez - Back at Kabrit for stores and new transports
July 19, 1942 - Fuka | Sidi Haneish Area - Stirling and Mayne reach the rendezvous point
July 27, 1942 - Sidi Haneish Airfield - Raid with 18 jeeps and 68 vickers machineguns - 40 aircraft destroyed
August 3(?), 1942 - Kabrit | Cairo - Back in Cairo Area
September 7, 1942 - Kufra, SE Libya - Mayne arrives at the Forward Operating Base, before attacking Djebel
September 23, 1942 - Kufra - Mayne, with 80 experienced men and 35 trucks/jeeps, establishes the SAS base at the oasis of Kufra, in the Great Sand Sea
October 19, 1942 - Howards Cairn, SE of Siwa - Mayne's party departs to the Northeast, 5 days straight
October 23, 1942 - El Alamein, Egypt - Nightraid to El Alamein
October 30, 1942 - Matruh - Raid to Matruh Railway. 20 italian prisoners taken
December 13, 1942 - W. of Sirte, Libya - Raiding West of Sirte, up to 16 night raids a week, disrupting communications
December 21, 1942 - Promoted (temporary) to Major
January(?) 20(?), 1943 - Cairo - License to travel to Britain after his father's death is denied. Mayne is summoned to defend the existence of the SAS after Stirling's capture
February(?) 1(?), 1943 - Northern Palestine - 1 SAS starts training in Northern Palestine and in mountainous Sinai Peninsula
July(?) 8(?), 1943 - Port Said, Egypt - A convoy with LCA-carrying ships "HMS Dunera" and "HMS Ulster Monarch" depart to assault the Coastal battery at Cape Murro di Porco
July 10, 1943 - Cape Murro di Porco, S Syracuse - Assault on the Coastal Battery, then another
July 11, 1943 - Syracuse - The SAS board once again the waiting "HMS Ulster Monarch". 500 prisoners, 200 enemy KIA or wounded - Mayne is awarded a bar to his DSO
July 12, 1943 - Augusta Harbour, Sicily - Capture of the village and 4 batteries (450 prisoners)
September 1, 1943 - Catania - A squadron of 245 SAS men boards a large american landing craft
September 4, 1943 - Bagnara, Reggio Calabria - Coastal Assault to Bagnara - 47 germans KIA/wounded + 35 prisoners
September 5(?), 1943 - Sicily - The Squadron is withrawn to Sicily to rest
October 2, 1943 - Manfredonia, Adriatic Sea - The Squadron departs for Termoli with 40 commmando and 3 Commando aboard a US LCI - The objective was two bridges
October 3, 1943 - Termoli, Adriatic Sea - Attack on Termoli
October 5, 1943 - Termoli, Adriatic Sea - Attack on Termoli - In a series of german counterattacks, the british suffer 29 KIA
October(?) 8(?), 1943 - Molfetta, N of Bari - The Squadron is sent south to Molfetta to rest
January 4, 1944 - Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland - 1 SAS and 2 SAS are sent to Darvel and joined by belgian and french SAS
April 7, 1944 - Promoted (until April 1946) to Lieutenant-Colonel
May 30(?), 1944 - Chelmsford, Essex - SAS personnel begins moving to the SAS HQ for Operation TITANIC
June 5, 1944 - Fairford Airfield, Gloucestershire - Mayne briefs the 12 operators of 1 SAS, A and B squadrons on the night of 5/6
June(?) 15(?), 1944 - Forêt d'Orléans, E. of Orléans - Airdrop to organize the SAS teams on the ground and meet the Maquis
July 14, 1944 - Chelmsford, Essex - Mayne congratulates two SAS operators just arrived from France
August 8, 1944 - Monts du Morvan, W of Lyon - Dropped to "Houndsworth" base to coordinate and take charge of the available detachments of his regiment and coordinate their activities with a major Airborne landing which was then envisaged near Paris - Rail lines destroyed, 220 germans killed, targets identified
August 20, 1944 - Monts du Morvan - Combat with germans - Croix-de-Guerre and Second Bar to his DSO
August 27, 1944 - Chalaux - Mayne departs to "Houndworth" operational base
December 23, 1944 - Chelmsford, Essex - Mayne departs to the Netherlands (Via Tilbury?)
December 25, 1944 - Brussels - Christmas in Brussels with Ted Griffiths
December 26, 1944 - Melsbroek - Accomodation in Griffith's RAF mess
March 25, 1945 - Bislich - Recce Mission - Between Rees and Wesel
April 6, 1945 - Tilbury - B and C Squadrons depart from Tilbury aboard landing craft
April 7, 1945 - Nijmegen - 24 hours later, the SAS arrive in Rotterdam and drive all day until reaching the Canadian Army HQ near Nijmegen
April 8, 1945 - Meppen Area - Mayne waits for more SAS operators arrived from Britain
April 9, 1945 - road to Oldenburg - Mayne and his 2 squadrons leave Meppen Area to penetrate enemy territory - fourth DSO action
April 12, 1945 - Lorup, SW of Oldenburg - Mayne takes his men to Lorup, after they had killed 100 germans and made 300 prisoners
April 15, 1945 - Bergen-belsen - Liberation of the Concentration Camp
May 2, 1945 - Lübeck - The SAS enters the city
May 3, 1945 - Kiel - The SAS enters the City
May 5, 1945 - Wilhelmshaven - The SAS reach the U-boat base at Wilhelmshaven
May 8, 1945 - Poperinghe, French-belgian border - After german surrender, the SAS are ordered back to Chelmsford, via Poperinghe, on the french-belgian border
May 9, 1945 - Oostende, Belgium - The SAS proceed to Oostende to embark
May 10, 1945 - Tilbury | Chelmsford - The SAS leave Ostend early in the morning. From Tilbury to Chelmsford they stop at nearly every pub en route
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| Paddy (center), in Stavanger |
July 18, 1945 - Bergen, Norway - Letter to his mother
July 28, 1945 - Bergen, Norway - Inspection by Crown Prince Olaf
September 1(?), 1945 - Chelmsford, Essex - Mayne returns to Chelmsford
September 25, 1945 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Mayne is initiated as a Freemason
October 1, 1945 - Chelmsford, Essex - Formal disbandment of The Special Air Service - Paddy Mayne gives a speech
February 1(?), 1946 - Off Falkland Islands(?) - Mayne is compelled to relinquish his post as second in command of the expedition because of an injury
May 28, 1946 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Mayne receives the second degree of Freemasonry
September 24, 1946 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - Mayne receives the third degree of Freemasonry
December 14, 1955 - Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland - "Paddy" Mayne, aged 40, is killed in a car accident, as he arrived from driking at the nearby town of Bangor =(END)
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