The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1965, [7] it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former Royal Ulster Rifles soldier from Northern Ireland. The group undertook an armed campaign of almost thirty years during The Troubles.

On 23 October 1972, a large cache of guns and ammunition were stolen during an armed raid by the illegal Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), on King's Park camp, a UDR/ Territorial Army depot.

Robert William McConnell (c. 1944 – 5 April 1976), was an Ulster loyalist paramilitary who allegedly carried out or was an accomplice to a number of sectarian attacks and killings, although he never faced any charges or convictions. [1] .

2024年6月23日 · East Belfast UVF was ready for war as they faced a Shankill invasion last week. More than 1,500 men lined the lower Newtownards Road last Saturday evening in what was a warning shot to the...

Two paramilitary groups were formed in 1966: the Ulster Protestant Volunteers (UPV) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). The UPV was a small Christian fundamentalist group, led by the Reverend Ian Paisley.

2015年7月15日 · Eleven months later, a 40-year-old man was arrested and charged with the attempted murder of the UVF’s alleged second-in-command Harry Stockman, described by the media as a “senior Loyalist figure”. Fifty-year-old Stockman was stabbed more than 15 times in a supermarket in the Greater Shankill area; the attack was believed to have been ...

2025年1月13日 · Notorious UVF man Eddie McIlwaine out mingling with senior loyalists on his old stomping ground as he tries to stay on the right side of paramilitary chiefs

2011年6月22日 · In October 1975, the UVF was undermined when soldiers and police swooped on houses in Belfast and East Antrim and arrested 26 men. The following March they were sentenced to a total of 700 years...

Harry Stockman, also known as "Harmless" (born c. 1961) [1] is a Northern Irish loyalist and a senior member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) paramilitary organisation. He serves as the commander of the UVF 1st Battalion Shankill Road and is allegedly the second-in-command on the UVF Brigade Staff.

2025年2月11日 · From Aghalee in Co. Antrim, 65-year-old McKeown served a life sentence for the sectarian killing of Catholic taxi driver and father-of-one Michael McGoldrick. The brutal killing happened at the...

2025年1月28日 · At the weekend Sunday Life reported that the former UVF gunman (62) could have the honour rescinded, after details about his convictions for possessing firearms, false imprisonment and conspiracy...

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in late 1965 or early 1966 and named after the Ulster Volunteers of the early twentieth century. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former British soldier. The group's volunteers undertook an armed campaign of almost thirty years during The ...

2021年4月22日 · A former loyalist paramilitary has warned of the dangers of teenagers getting involved in violence and joining groups such as the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Defence Association...

2023年4月7日 · Billy McCurrie, an ex-UVF man who now lives in England, and McIntyre, an ex-IRA man who is now a writer and researcher in the Republic of Ireland, reflect on the armed struggle and how their minds became colonized by sectarianism, before they spent decades behind bars for murder.

John Adair (born 27 October 1963), [citation needed] better known as Johnny Adair or Mad Dog Adair, is a Northern Irish loyalist and the former leader of the "C Company", 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, West Belfast Brigade of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).

4 天之前 · Man jailed over teen’s death exposed as sex predator after admitting drink driving Luxury flat in property where Titanic designer was born hits the market for £450k Internal UVF probe heaps ...

2024年12月21日 · Veteran loyalist ‘Harmless’ Harry Stockman is to be stood down as UVF second in command, a source has claimed. Stockman has recently come under pressure because of his close affiliation with the...

In 1971, as the Provisional IRA escalated its attacks on British soldiers and Loyalists, the UVF called for the recruiting of volunteer-based "platoons".

This is a timeline of actions by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group since 1966. It includes actions carried out by the Red Hand Commando (RHC), a group integrated into the UVF shortly after their formation in 1972.

5 天之前 · Frank follows a musician who joins a band led by a man who wears a papier-mâché fake head, only for the band to be thrown into conflict. The film stars Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot ...