Max Blaney Explained

Michael Floud Blaney
Nickname:Max
Birth Date:14 November 1910
Birth Place:Newry, Ireland
Death Place:Manor Park, Essex, England
Placeofburial:Newry Old Chapel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Newry
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1939 - 1940
Rank:Captain
Servicenumber:119978
Unit:Corps of Royal Engineers
Battles:Second World War
Awards:George Cross

Michael Floud Blaney, GC (14 November 1910  - 13 December 1940), known as Max Blaney,[1] was posthumously awarded the George Cross for defusing enemy bombs during the Blitz in 1940.[2]

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.[3]

George Cross citation

Notice of Blaney's George Cross appeared in the London Gazette on 15 April 1941:[4]

In December 2013 an Ulster History Circle blue plaque was unveiled in his memory in Newry.

Further reading

. James Owen (British author). 2010. Danger UXB. Little, Brown. 978-1-4087-0255-0.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Michael Ashcroft, George Cross Heroes, 2010
  2. https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/314 World War II Awards Michael Floud Blaney
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93223011 Find A Grave
  4. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35136/pages/2177/page.pdf London Gazette 15 April 1941