Michael Floud Blaney, GC (14 November 1910 – 13 December 1940), known as Max Blaney, was posthumously awarded the George Cross for defusing enemy bombs during the Blitz in 1940. Second World War Blaney, a member of the Corps of Royal Engineers, dismantled several bombs on 18 September, 20 October and 13 December 1940. During the last incident he was killed, aged 30, when the bomb he was defusing exploded in Manor Park, Essex. George Cross citation Notice of Blaney's George Cross appeared in the London Gazette on 15 April 1941: In December 2013 an Ulster History Circle blue plaque was unveiled in his memory in Newry. Footnotes Further reading External links George Cross database Details of Blaney's heroic act which won him the posthumous George Cross 1910 births 1940 deaths Deaths by airstrike during World War II British recipients of the George Cross British Army personnel killed in World War II Royal Engineers officers People from Newry Bomb disposal personnel Military personnel from Newry