Volunteer (Ulster loyalist)
Volunteer, abbreviated Vol., is a title used by a number of
Ulster loyalist
paramilitary organisations to describe their members.
Background
The first loyalist paramilitary group to emerge in the period of the
Irish Home Rule
.
Modern usage in loyalism
The term is used by the modern UVF.[1] It is also used by its youth wing, the Young Citizen Volunteers. Likewise, the Ulster Defence Association[2] and Red Hand Commando[3] refer to their members as volunteers. It is also found in the names of similar paramilitary groups like the Loyalist Volunteer Force, Orange Volunteers and now-defunct Ulster Protestant Volunteers.
See also
References
- ^ Physical memorials of The Troubles in east Belfast — Long, Cordner, Seymour and Bennett – UVF CAIN.
- ^ Physical memorials of The Troubles in east Belfast — UDA, 4th Battalion Castlereagh, East Belfast Brigade CAIN.
- ^ Physical memorials of The Troubles in south Belfast — Hanna, McCrea and Mehaffy – UVF/RHC CAIN.
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