was named after him: Camp Blair Mayne. It was there that Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins, 1 Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment's commanding officer (himself a former SAS officer), gave his celebrated address to his troops on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Mayne is depicted by Jack O'Connell in the 2022 BBC television historical drama SAS: Rogue Heroes. Honours and awards See also List of SAS operations References Further reading External links British Army Officers 1939–1945 War Years Remembered Museum, Ballyclare, Co. Antrim – holds Mayne's Antarctic diary, photographs and some artefacts 1915 births 1955 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Queen's University RFC players Malone RFC players Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland Ulster Rugby players Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Male boxers from Northern Ireland Irish Freemasons Solicitors from Northern Ireland People from Newtownards Road incident deaths in Northern Ireland Royal Artillery officers Royal Ulster Rifles officers Special Air Service officers Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) British Army Commandos officers People educated at Regent House Grammar School Military personnel from County Down Rugby union players from County Down