Ulster Volunteer Force

Ulster loyalist militant group formed in 1966
Organization paramilitary_organization Q1127576
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Ulster Volunteer Force

Summary

Ulster Volunteer Force is a paramilitary organization[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of paramilitary_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,120 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ulster Volunteer Force is located in Northern Ireland[3].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's image is recorded as Carrickfergus.jpg[5].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's instance of is recorded as paramilitary organization[6].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's followed by is recorded as Loyalist Retaliation and Defence Group[7].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's followed by is recorded as Loyalist Commission[8].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144424291[9].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's GND ID is recorded as 4376524-5[10].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n97115542[11].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's IdRef ID is recorded as 144756269[12].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's Commons category is recorded as Ulster Volunteer Force[13].
  • +1966-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ulster Volunteer Force[14].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's participated in conflict is recorded as The Troubles[15].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kw1t[16].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ulster Volunteer Force[17].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's political ideology is recorded as Ulster loyalism[18].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Ulster-Volunteer-Force-Northern-Ireland-1966[19].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Ulster-Volunteer-Force-Irish-military-force-1913[20].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's BBC Things ID is recorded as 222a8ab5-a788-439c-b2a5-3f4db9079170[21].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's designated as terrorist by is recorded as United Kingdom[22].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 84696[23].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Ulster_Volunteer_Force[24].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007296737505171[25].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's ADVN ID is recorded as org-004085[26].
  • Ulster Volunteer Force's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/2b83c0ed-337e-45df-8068-9e2039db7da3[27].

Body

Founding

+1966-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ulster Volunteer Force[14].

Identity

Successors include Loyalist Retaliation and Defence Group[7] and Loyalist Commission[8].

Why It Matters

Ulster Volunteer Force ranks in the top 7% of paramilitary_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,120 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . cain.ulster.ac.uk. cain.ulster.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Terrorism Act 2000. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . data.advn.be. data.advn.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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