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The UVF H.Q. Staff (Part 3)

January 4, 2015 Quincey 1

Acting Quarter Master General Z4 was Captain Wilfred Bliss Spender. Born at Plymouth in 1876, his military career saw him at one stage the youngest staff …….

The UVF H.Q. Staff (Part 2)

January 3, 2015 Quincey 0

At the pinnacle of the Ulster Volunteers leadership was Sir Edward Carson. Born in Dublin 1854, Edward Carson became a barrister at the tender age of …….

Crossmaglen’s UVF Rector

January 1, 2015 Quincey 0

Samuel Mayes was born in 1877 at Magheragall near Lisburn, the third of four children of John and Isabella Mayes, and after studying at Trinity College …….

The Birmingham ‘Ulster’ Volunteers

December 30, 2014 Quincey 1

When the Ulster Volunteer Force was organising and drilling throughout 1914, across the Irish Sea its friends in the British League for the Support of Ulster …….

The Great War in County Monaghan

May 20, 2014 Quincey 4

  By July 1914 tension in County Monaghan was very high. Over two years of organisation by Unionists had established 2000 Volunteers in the County Regiment …….

Irish Unionist Volunteers…. outside Ulster?

October 26, 2013 Quincey 1

In 1886 the muster roll of an Orange anti- Home Rule Army was released to newspapers across the British Isles and Empire. The exercise was largely …….

The Star of County Down…. Banbridge and District’s Anti Home Rule Army

September 5, 2013 Quincey 0

Lying on the River Bann, the town of Banbridge is one of the largest in County Down, taking its name from the bridge built in 1712. …….

South Derry 2nd Battalion U.V.F…. ‘Men of good courage’

August 28, 2013 Quincey 3

Today the 17th Century Springhill House is one of the finest National Trust properties in Northern Ireland. In 1913 however it was the seat for a …….

Mid-Tyrone stands firm against Home Rule

August 24, 2013 Quincey 0

At the Balmoral Review, men from Tyrone impressed the massive crowds with their military bearing and discipline. They had been training to ensure they were fully …….

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