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- Woodvale_Defence_Association abstract "The Woodvale Defence Association (WDA) was an Ulster loyalist vigilante group in the Woodvale district of Belfast, an area immediately to the north of the Shankill Road.The organisation grew from a few smaller vigilante groups. It initially met in a pigeon fancier's club on Leopold Street, a location found on the initiative of Charles Harding Smith, who kept some birds. Sources differ on its actual date of foundation; many claim it was founded in 1969, around the same time as the Shankill Defence Association, which covered a neighbouring area, but Ian Wood's detailed study of the Ulster Defence Association dates its origin to June 1970, when a loyalist pipe band on the Springfield Road was attacked by Catholic protesters, leading to a riot.The WDA was initially led by Alan Moon, with Sammy Smyth acting as its main spokesman, although Moon was soon replaced by Harding Smith. Initial membership of the WDA was primarily middle-aged and disinclined to take violent action. However, Davy Fogel interrupted an early meeting to call for members to receive military training. Harding Smith instructed him to start this, members bringing both legally held guns and dummy weapons.In 1971, a large number of local loyalist groups merged to form the Ulster Defence Association. Its core components were the Woodvale and the Shankill Defence Associations, the Woodvale organisation being the largest of its forerunners. The new organisation was a loose confederation, and the Woodvale group continued to publish a newsletter, the WDA News. Its 1 May 1972 issue carried a notorious article justifying genocide against Roman Catholics and calling for racial purity. When the UDA was restructured, the WDA became its \"B\" Company.Several leading members of the UDA started out in the WDA, including Jim Anderson, Davy Payne, Ernie Elliott and John White.".
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- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Belfast.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Belfast.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Category:The_Troubles_in_Belfast.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ulster_Defence_Association.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Category:Vigilantes.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Catholic_Church.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Harding_Smith.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Davy_Fogel.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Davy_Payne.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Ernie_Elliott.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Genocide.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Jim_Anderson_(loyalist).
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink John_White_(loyalist).
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Pipe_band.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Racial_hygiene.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Sammy_Smyth_(loyalist).
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Shankill_Defence_Association.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Shankill_Road.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Springfield_Road,_Belfast.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Ulster_Defence_Association.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLink Ulster_loyalism.
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- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageWikiLinkText "Woodvale Defence Association".
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- Woodvale_Defence_Association wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Ulster_Defence_Association.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association subject Category:History_of_Belfast.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association subject Category:The_Troubles_in_Belfast.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association subject Category:Ulster_Defence_Association.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association subject Category:Vigilantes.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association hypernym Group.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association type Band.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association type MilitaryUnit.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association type Organisation.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association type Association.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association type History.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association type Organisation.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association comment "The Woodvale Defence Association (WDA) was an Ulster loyalist vigilante group in the Woodvale district of Belfast, an area immediately to the north of the Shankill Road.The organisation grew from a few smaller vigilante groups. It initially met in a pigeon fancier's club on Leopold Street, a location found on the initiative of Charles Harding Smith, who kept some birds.".
- Woodvale_Defence_Association label "Woodvale Defence Association".
- Woodvale_Defence_Association sameAs Q8033500.
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- Woodvale_Defence_Association sameAs Q8033500.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association wasDerivedFrom Woodvale_Defence_Association?oldid=698697824.
- Woodvale_Defence_Association depiction Woodvale_Defence.png.
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