Anderson, Malcolm & Bort, Eberhard (1999). VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. [85][86] Fifty-year-old Stockman was stabbed more than 10 times in a supermarket in Belfast; the attack was believed to have been linked to the Moffett killing. [64] Republicans responded to the attacks by assassinating senior UVF members John Bingham, William "Frenchie" Marchant and Trevor King[65] as well as Leslie Dallas, whose purported UVF membership was disputed both by his family and the UVF. [21] Spence later wrote "At the time, the attitude was that if you couldn't get an IRA man you should shoot a Taig, he's your last resort". [37], The IRA had split into the Provisional IRA and Official IRA in December 1969. The charges were dropped but later in 1966 he was given life for the murder of Peter Ward, who had called in to a Shankill Road bar with Catholic workmates and was shot dead as he left. Grob-Fitzgibbon, Benjamin. [49] A political wing was formed in June 1974, the Volunteer Political Party led by UVF Chief of Staff Ken Gibson, which contested West Belfast in the October 1974 general election, polling 2,690 votes (6%). The UVF agreed to a ceasefire in October 1994. He added: "He formed a relationship with Cardinal O'Fiach and that was in some of our ways of thinking in those days a big step because the Catholic church in particular were the enemy. Eight people were shot dead and hundreds were injured. Known IRA men will be executed mercilessly and without hesitation. One study focusing in part on female members of the UVF and Red Hand Commando noted that it "seem[ed] to have been reasonably unusual" for women to be officially asked to join the UVF. [citation needed] The arms were divided between the UVF, the UDA (the largest loyalist group) and Ulster Resistance.[61]. In keeping with his wishes, there will be no UVF trappings and his coffin will be draped in the regimental flag of the Royal Ulster Rifles in which he served. He was OC of the IRA in the Cavan area during the Border campaign in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although Mr Lynch was from a different tradition, he had "welcomed his friendship," and he recalled the conversations they had about peace in Ireland. [158] Loyalists in Portadown such as Bobby Jameson have stated that the LVF (the Mid-Ulster Brigade that broke away from the main UVF - and led by Billy Wright) was not a 'loyalist organisation but a drugs organisation causing misery in Portadown. "He was an Irishman and looked upon himself as an Ulster Irishman as well as being British. [91], In July 2011, a UVF flag flying in Limavady was deemed legal by the PSNI after the police had received complaints about the flag from nationalist politicians. Spence said loyalists offered "abject and true remorse" to the loved ones of all the innocent victims of the Troubles. Two members of the group survived the attack and later testified against those responsible. Among their engagements was one as guests of honour of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. [27] Spence appointed Samuel McClelland as UVF Chief of Staff in his stead. Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Covid origin likely China lab incident - FBI chief, Man survives 31 days in jungle by eating worms, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US. The chip shop has since been closed down. [4] He married Isabella "Bella" Hayes, Gusty Spence's mother, in 1919. Drong de dhnmharfir srathacha ab ea Bistir na Seanchille a bh gnomhach i m Bal Feirste sna 1970id. The newspaper also reported that the group refused to decommission its weapons. He was shot dead by the IRA in November 1982, four months after his release from the Maze Prison. Read about our approach to external linking. Save up to 70% with our image packs Pre-pay for multiple images and download on demand. [87][88], On the night of 20 June 2011, riots involving 500 people erupted in the Short Strand area of East Belfast. He read the loyalist ceasefire statement in 1994 and was asked to read the UVF weapons decommissioning statement, at the age of 74, in 2007. [18] Shortly after, Spence and three others were arrested. On the basis of that, we as a federation have called for the respecification of the UVF [stating that its ceasefire is over]. The Irish Army set up field hospitals near the border. "Shortly after he was jailed, Gusty, after a period of reflection on his own life, quickly started to challenge other loyalists coming into prison to reflect on their own lives.". The UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade carried out further attacks during this same period. In 1972, the UVF's imprisoned leader Gusty Spence was at liberty for four months following a staged kidnapping by UVF volunteers. They managed to procure a large cache of weapons and ammunition including L1A1 Self-Loading Rifles, Browning pistols, and Sterling submachine guns. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Although O'Neill was a unionist, they saw him as being too 'soft' on the civil rights movement and too friendly with the Republic of Ireland. Mr Spence was brought up in the Shankill, but was forced out in later years by loyalists opposed to his defence of the peace process and his opposition to continued paramilitary activity. [39], Spence began to move towards a position of using political means to advance one's aims, and he persuaded the UVF leadership to declare a temporary ceasefire in 1973. [51] The couple had three daughters, Elizabeth (born 1954), Sandra (1956) and Catherine (1960). [127] A British Army report released in 2006 estimated a peak membership of 1,000. In keeping with his wishes, there will be no UVF trappings and his coffin will be draped in the regimental flag of the Royal Ulster Rifles in which he served. Formed in 1965, it first emerged in 1966. Augustus Andrew "Gusty" Spence (28 June 1933 [2] - 25 September 2011) was a leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and a leading loyalist politician in Northern Ireland. Is UVFs Beast in the East behind new wave of riots? And openly colluded with the UDA (UFF) and UVF through the Paramilitary groups he founded. Though, for its own purposes, it assumed the same name it has nothing else in common. [84] Eleven months later, a man was arrested and charged with the attempted murder of the UVF's alleged second-in-command Harry Stockman, described by the Belfast Telegraph as a "senior Loyalist figure". [55] The hawks had been ousted by those in the UVF who were unhappy with their political and military strategy. RT is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. He was the first RUC officer to be killed during the Troubles. RT 2023. In January 2000 UVF Mid-Ulster brigadier Richard Jameson was shot dead by a LVF gunman which led to an escalation of the UVF/LVF feud. It was responsible for more than 500 deaths. All were widely blamed on the IRA, and British soldiers were sent to guard installations. Sociologist Steven Bruce described the support networks in Canada as "the main source of support for loyalism outside the United Kingdom . In March and April that year, UVF and UPV members bombed water and electricity installations in Northern Ireland, blaming them on the dormant IRA and elements of the civil rights movement. Since the ceasefire, the UVF has been involved in rioting, drug dealing, organised crime, loan-sharking and prostitution. Thousands of families, mostly Catholics, were forced to flee their homes and refugee camps were set up in the Republic of Ireland. In the 1960s, he founded the modern Ulster Volunteer Force, an organisation which was responsible for hundreds of sectarian murders during the Troubles. The group had been proscribed in July 1966, but this ban was lifted on 4 April 1974 by Merlyn Rees, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in an effort to bring the UVF into the democratic process. "[140], Protestants in Canada also supported the loyalist paramilitaries in the conflict. The vast majority (more than two-thirds)[9][10] of its victims were Irish Catholic civilians, who were often killed at random. Spence claimed that he was approached in 1965 by two men, one of whom was an Ulster Unionist Party MP, who told him that the UVF was to be re-established and that he was to have responsibility for the Shankill. Almost 10 years later in October 1994, he was chosen to announce to the world that the main loyalist paramilitary groups, the UVF and the UDA, were declaring ceasefires in response to an IRA cessation. In June, nine UVF members were convicted of the attacks. . [126] Later, in September 1972, Gusty Spence said in an interview that the organisation had a strength of 1,500. He would go on to hold private talks with the then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds. [151][152] These shipments were considered enough for the UVF/UDA to wage its campaign, most of which were used to kill its victims. Mharaigh na Bistir thart ar 23 Caitliceach agus 8 Protastnach, dream dlseoir sceapatacha a d'fhuadaigh, a chiapaigh agus . It would continue these tactics for the rest of its campaign. Birgen, Julia. [121][122] The UVF did not return to regular bombings until the early 1990s when it obtained a quantity of the mining explosive Powergel. [82] The IICD confirmed that "substantial quantities of firearms, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices" had been decommissioned and that for the UVF and RHC, decommissioning had been completed. Reverend Chris Hudson, who helped broker contacts between loyalist paramilitaries and the Irish government, said that aspect of the statement was significant. [26], On 26 June, the group shot dead a Catholic civilian and wounded two others as they left a pub on Malvern Street, Belfast. It claimed the pubs were used for republican fundraising. for a proxy bomb attack targeting a "peace-building" event in Belfast where Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was speaking. "While the talks may be slow, they are the only glint on the horizon, he said. He later became involved in politics and announced the landmark loyalist paramilitary ceasefires in 1994. [16] Because of his military experience, Spence was chosen as the military commander and public face of the UVF when the group was established. They were blamed by the PSNI on members of the UVF, who also said UVF guns had been used to try to kill police officers. [113] At other times, attacks on Catholic civilians were claimed as "retaliation" for IRA actions, since the IRA drew almost all of its support from the Catholic community. [citation needed]. Spence was born in the Shankill Road, Belfast, area, Northern Ireland, the son of William Edward Spence, who was born in Whitehaven, England and raised in the Tiger's Bay area of north Belfast before moving to the Shankill. [27][28] Spence respected some Irish republican paramilitaries, who he felt also lived as soldiers, and to this end he wrote a sympathetic letter to the widow of Official IRA leader Joe McCann after he was killed in 1972. "[154], According to Alan McQuillan, the assistant director of the Assets Recovery Agency in 2005, "In the loyalist community, drug dealing is run by the paramilitaries and it is generally run for personal gain by a large number of people." Wright was apparently enraged by the nickname and made numerous threats to O'Hagan and Campbell. RT.ie is the website of Raidi Teilifs ireann, Ireland's National Public Service Media. She told mourners that he had made friends among republicans and socialists and among people from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. But despite the statement, the UVF was subsequently involved in sporadic violence, including several murders. In 1971, these ramped up their activity against the British Army and RUC. It was alleged that Colin Armstrong had links to both drugs and loyalist terrorists. Gusty Spence announced the loyalist paramilitary ceasefires in 1994, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Formed in 1965,[7] it first emerged in 1966. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. After the Troubles began, an Orange-Canadian loyalist organization known as the Canadian Ulster Loyalist Association (CULA) sprang to life to provide the 'besieged' Protestants with the resources to arm themselves. [57] In 1976, Tommy West was replaced with "Mr. F" who is alleged to be John "Bunter" Graham, who remains the incumbent Chief of Staff to date. He died on 17 May 2009, from a suspected heart attack at his home and was given a paramilitary funeral by the UVF. While the only echoes of Mr Spences paramilitary past were the UVF murals that dotted his funeral route, a guard of honour was formed by veterans of his old British Army regiment, the Royal Ulster Rifles. [48] When Spence's wife died three years later, he said that C Company had been responsible for her death, such was the toll that the events had taken on her health. [112] The vast majority of its victims were Irish Catholic civilians, who were often killed at random. Instead his coffin was adorned with the beret and regimental flag of the Royal Ulster Rifles, his former regiment. DeSantis won't say he's running. [9] Spence served until 1961 when ill-health forced him to leave. [9] According to the book Lost Lives (2006 edition), it was responsible for 569 killings. Spence's biographer Roy Garland said he had formed unlikely relationships and challenged conventional loyalist thinking. [72], On 12 February 2006, The Observer reported that the UVF was to disband by the end of 2006. [38] This came to a climax on 4 December, when the UVF bombed McGurk's Bar, a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast. He was jailed for life for the murder of a Catholic barman in 1966 and served 18 years in prison. Two Ulster Unionist Assembly members, Michael McGimpsey and Mike Neabitt, were among the mourners at the funeral. [92], During the Belfast City Hall flag protests of 201213, senior UVF members were confirmed to have actively been involved in orchestrating violence and rioting against the PSNI and the Alliance Party throughout Northern Ireland during the weeks of disorder. In October, UVF and UPV member Thomas McDowell was killed by the bomb he was planting at Ballyshannon power station. He will be buried in Bangor after a funeral service on the Shankill Road. [34] In December, the UVF detonated a car bomb near the Garda central detective bureau and telephone exchange headquarters in Dublin. [142] Its main benefactors have been in central Scotland,[143] Liverpool,[144] Preston[144] and the Toronto area of Canada. The UVF's leadership is based in Belfast and known as the Brigade Staff. "We have to get in there, and stay in there," he continued, remembering that "it took several hundred years to bring about this situation, so we must have a little bit of patience. 28 September 2011 Gusty Spence announced the loyalist paramilitary ceasefires in 1994 Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of the former loyalist leader Gusty Spence. The UVF killed four men in Belfast and trouble ended only when the LVF announced that it was disbanding in October of that year. "[18], In November 2013, after a series of shootings and acts of intimidation by the UVF, Police Federation Chairman Terry Spence declared that the UVF ceasefire was no longer active. [47] Beginning in 1975, recruitment to the UVF, which until then had been solely by invitation, was now left to the discretion of local units.[48]. Of course, the UVF had a big role to play, with a masked Geordie Orr (another pivotal UVF figure notable by his absence from the book) and others . Almost 10 years later in October 1994, he was chosen to announce to the world that the main loyalist paramilitary groups, the UVF and the UDA, were declaring ceasefires in response to an IRA cessation. His funeral service is taking place at Saint Michael's church off the Shankill Road. [41] On 17 May, two UVF units from the Belfast and Mid-Ulster brigades detonated four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan. [151] On 10 February 1976, following the sudden uptick of violence against Catholic civilians by loyalist militants, Irish cardinal William Conway and nine other Catholic bishops met with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his cabinet, asking them as to where the loyalist militants had acquired guns, to which Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Merlyn Rees replied "Canada". [80], In the twentieth IMC report, the group was said to be continuing to put its weapons "beyond reach", (in the group's own words) to downsize, and reduce the criminality of the group. Fifteen Catholic civilians were killed and seventeen wounded. During 1970, 42 Catholic-owned licensed premises in Protestant areas were bombed. "He was an Irishman and looked upon himself as an Ulster Irishman as well as being British. In keeping with his wishes,. "Sunningdale pushed hard-liners into fatal outrages in 1974". Home; About; Testimonials; Contact; Select Page. [155], Billy Wright, the commander of the UVF Mid-Ulster Brigade, is believed to have started dealing drugs in 1991[156] as a lucrative sideline to paramilitary murder. [140][141], In contrast to the IRA, overseas support for loyalist paramilitaries including the UVF has been limited. [29], On 12 August 1969, the "Battle of the Bogside" began in Derry. [30] There were bombings on 30 March, 4 April, 20 April, 24 April and 26 April. [67] According to Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN), the UVF killed 17 active and four former republican paramilitaries. Bistir na Seanchille. While the Troubles broke out in 1969, the murders carried out by the UVF years earlier were seen as brutal sectarian attacks that shocked Northern Ireland. "Overstating and Misjudging the Prospects of Civil War: The Ulster Volunteer Force and the Irish Volunteers in the Home Rule Crisis, 19121914." [21] This occurred despite Spence having been officially expelled from the Orange Order following his conviction. [35], In January 1970, the UVF began bombing Catholic-owned businesses in Protestant areas of Belfast. Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of the former loyalist leader Gusty Spence. [2] He was sent to Crumlin Road Prison. The Mid-Ulster Brigade was also responsible for the 1975 Miami Showband killings, in which three members of the popular Irish cabaret band were shot dead at a bogus military checkpoint by gunmen in British Army uniforms. Wednesday, 15 February 2023 | 10.2 . [12] Due to his later involvement in a murder, Spence was expelled from the Orange Order and the Royal Black Institution. On 17 February 1979, the UVF carried out its only major attack in Scotland, when its members bombed two pubs in Glasgow frequented by Irish-Scots Catholics. Notable mourners included Unionist politicians Dawn Purvis, Mike Nesbitt, Michael McGimpsey, Hugh Smyth and Brian Ervine, UVF chief John "Bunter" Graham and UDA South Belfast brigadier Jackie McDonald. He was buried in Bangor.[57][58]. There was to be much overlap in membership between the UCDC/UPV and the UVF.[22]. 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In incidents carried out within days of each other in June 1966, Mr Spences gang killed two Catholic men, plus a Protestant pensioner who was murdered in a failed attempt to burn a neighbouring Catholic-owned bar. [47] Spence went on to become a leading advocate for the Good Friday Agreement. These included the Miami Showband killings of 31 July 1975 when three members of the popular showband were killed, having been stopped at a fake British Army checkpoint outside Newry in County Down. DeSantis won't say he's running. [151] A Canadian branch of the UDA also existed and sent $30,000 to the UDA's headquarters in Belfast by 1975. [42] Both the UVF and the British Government have denied the claims. [43] Jackson was allegedly the hitman who shot Hanna dead outside his home in Lurgan. Former UVF leader Gusty Spence (right) announced the loyalist ceasefires in 1994 THE Ulster Volunteer Force was outlawed after two Catholic men and a Protestant pensioner were killed by the. The biggest of these was the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which killed 34 civilians, making it the deadliest terrorist attack of the conflict. Eleven years ago he was forced out of his home on the Shankill Road by Johnny Adair's gang during one of the many loyalist paramilitary feuds. Mr Spence was convicted for the murder of one of the victims, 18-year-old Peter Ward, who was shot dead after being identified as a Catholic while he drank in a mainly Protestant pub. Spence was initially held over the murder of the first victim of the Troubles, John Scullion, who was shot by the UVF in the Falls Road area of Belfast. The men were tried, and in March 1977 were sentenced to an average of twenty-five years each.[51][52]. The statement also included a warning that activities could "provoke another generation of loyalists toward armed resistance". [10] Spence then found employment at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, where he worked as a stager (builder of the scaffolding in which the ships are constructed), a skilled job that commanded respect amongst working class Protestants and ensured for Spence a higher status within the Shankill. [22] Spence's involvement in the killings gave him legendary status among many young loyalists and he was claimed as an inspiration by the likes of Michael Stone. [39], The following year, 1972, was the most violent of the Troubles. The crowds included a leader of the loyalist Ulster Defence Association Jackie McDonald. Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of the former loyalist leader Gusty Spence. [5] He was educated at the Riddel School on Malvern Street and the Hemsworth Square school, finishing his education aged fourteen. [54] The UVF was behind the deaths of seven civilians in a series of attacks on 2 October. The former loyalist paramilitary leader Gusty Spence has died in hospital. [139] In 2002 the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee estimated the UVF's annual running costs at 12 million per year, against an annual fundraising capability of 1.5 million. [21] The shootings led to Spence's being sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum sentence of twenty years. The Reverend Martin Smyth was influential in Spence' being thrown out the Orange Order. [29] Unionist support for O'Neill waned, and on 28 April he resigned as Prime Minister. [25], Spence appealed against his conviction and was the subject of a release petition organised by the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, although nothing came of either initiative. But despite the statement, the UVF was subsequently involved in sporadic violence, including several murders. [24] The murder of Ward was, however, repudiated by Paisley and condemned in his Protestant Telegraph, sealing the split between the two. Assistant chief constable Drew Harris in a statement said "The UVF are subject to an organised crime investigation as an organised crime group. "He also sent a letter of condolence to the widow of Joe McCann, an IRA man, praising him as a soldier of Ireland.". 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It was the UVF's deadliest attack in Northern Ireland, and the deadliest attack in Belfast during the Troubles. Secret memo says explosives were shipped in small boats", "The Canadian Dimension to the Northern Ireland Conflict", "BBC - The Devenport Diaries: Remembering Billy Wright", "Sutton Index of Deaths: Crosstabulations (two-way tables)", "Sutton Index of Deaths: Status of the person killed", CAIN University of Ulster Conflict Archive, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulster_Volunteer_Force&oldid=1142049756, May 1966 present (on ceasefire since October 1994; officially ended armed campaign in May 2007), Unnamed Chief of Staff (1974 October 1975). In 1984, Gusty was released from prison, and became a leading figure in the Progressive Unionist Party and . On 18 June 1994, UVF members machine-gunned a pub in the Loughinisland massacre in County Down, on the basis that its customers were watching the Republic of Ireland national football team playing in the World Cup on television and were therefore assumed to be Catholics. "The Dublin and Monaghan bombings: Cover-up and incompetence". VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. One of the first UVF members to be convicted of murder, Spence was a senior figure in the organisation for over a decade. Gusty Spence reading the 2007 UVF 'weapons beyond use' statement in Belfast. He was born in the Shankill Road area of Belfast. The 78-year-old died in hospital at the weekend after a long illness. Leading public figures were among the mourners, including former senior civil servant Maurice Hayes, former head of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Monica McWilliams, and trade unionist Peter Bunting. "[23] It was led by Gusty Spence, formerly a soldier in the British Army. The first British soldier to be killed by the Provisional IRA died in February 1971. Former Ulster Volunteer Force leader Gusty Spence has died aged 78. It comprises high-ranking officers under a Chief of Staff or Brigadier-General. Gusty Spence Funeral RIP 21,778 views Nov 15, 2013 95 Dislike Share Save Elmwoodgrove 14 subscribers The Funeral at Craven Street Gusty said Some day The PUP will grow a set of Jaws And BITE. In keeping with his wishes, there were no paramilitary trappings and his coffin was draped with the regimental flag of the Royal Ulster Rifles, in which he served. [53] Spence, a talented footballer in his youth with Old Lodge F.C., was a lifelong supporter of Linfield F.C. Henry McDonald. Traduzioni in contesto per "divenuto cuore pulsante" in italiano-inglese da Reverso Context: Labirinto di mais: In via Amerigo Vespucci, a pochi passi da piazza Nember, sorge un terreno di ben 5 ettari divenuto cuore pulsante del divertimento tra mistero, intelligenza e creativit. [114] Many retaliatory attacks on Catholics were claimed using the covername "Protestant Action Force" (PAF), which first appeared in autumn 1974. The group concluded a general acceptance of the need to decommission, though there was no conclusive proof of moves towards this end. What's he waiting for? Unable to find their target, the men drove around in search of any Catholic instead. The British Army were deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland. Mr Lynch's widow, Norma, recollected last night that the late Catholic primate of Ireland, Cardinal O Fiaich, had said that "if there was a hope for peace in Ireland it would come through Gusty". Gusty Spence, who has died aged 78, was the . 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