Richard Jameson Military person

Richard Jameson (c. 1953 – 10 January 2000), was a Northern Irish businessman and loyalist, who served as the leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force's (UVF) Mid-Ulster Brigade. He was killed outside his Portadown home during a feud with the rival Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), the breakaway organisation founded by former Mid-Ulster UVF commander Billy Wright after he and the Portadown unit of the Mid-Ulster Brigade were officially stood down by the Brigade Staff (Belfast leadership) in August 1996.Following Jameson's death, the feud between the UVF and LVF escalated into a series of retaliatory killings. These went on intermittently until the LVF disbanded in 2005.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1953
Birth place
Northern Ireland , County Armagh , Portadown
Date of deathJanuary 10, 2000
Place of death
Northern Ireland , County Armagh , Portadown

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Military person

allegianceUlster Volunteer Force
military operations
The Troubles
military unit
UVF Mid-Ulster Brigade

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