Proper noun
UVF
Initialism of Ulster Volunteer Force.
A 2007 Police Ombudsman report revealed that UVF members had been allowed to commit a string of terrorist offences, including murder, while working as informers for RUC Special Branch. Source: Internet
British Army officers then threatened to resign if they were ordered to take action against the UVF. Source: Internet
During violence in the Shankill, UVF members shot dead RUC officer Victor Arbuckle. Source: Internet
In April 1914, the UVF assisted with the landing of 30,000 German rifles with 3,000,000 rounds at Larne by blockading authorities. Source: Internet
It drew on information from seven former members, as well as a number of other sources: Soldier H said "We operated initially with them thinking that we were the UVF ", to which Soldier F added: "We wanted to cause confusion". Source: Internet
On 16 June 1994, just before the ceasefires, the Irish National Liberation Army killed a UVF member in a gun attack on the Shankill Road. Source: Internet