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The Unionist Volunteer Force (UVF) was an illegal British Loyalist paramilitary group operating in the United Kingdom of Wessex and Cornwall. Formed in 1973, they played a major role during the period of unrest following Wessex's succession from Britain in 1972, which became known as The Troubled Times. Modelled after the Ulster Volunteer Force of Northern Ireland during the Troubles in 1970's, the UVF dissolved in 1984, with the apprehension and arrest of many of its members.

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  • Unionist Volunteer Force
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  • The Unionist Volunteer Force (UVF) was an illegal British Loyalist paramilitary group operating in the United Kingdom of Wessex and Cornwall. Formed in 1973, they played a major role during the period of unrest following Wessex's succession from Britain in 1972, which became known as The Troubled Times. Modelled after the Ulster Volunteer Force of Northern Ireland during the Troubles in 1970's, the UVF dissolved in 1984, with the apprehension and arrest of many of its members.
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  • The Unionist Volunteer Force (UVF) was an illegal British Loyalist paramilitary group operating in the United Kingdom of Wessex and Cornwall. Formed in 1973, they played a major role during the period of unrest following Wessex's succession from Britain in 1972, which became known as The Troubled Times. Modelled after the Ulster Volunteer Force of Northern Ireland during the Troubles in 1970's, the UVF dissolved in 1984, with the apprehension and arrest of many of its members. The group was considered a designated terrorist organisation in Wessex and Cornwall and in the United Kingdom, and the UVF had been implicated in such things as Drug Dealing, War Crimes and Gross Midsconduct of Human Rights, Mindless Murder and Violence.
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