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- William Henry Wilson Hanna (Lurgan, Irlanda del Nord, 1929 - 27 de juliol de 1975), conegut com a Billy Hanna, va ser un líder paramilitar lleialista de l'Ulster que va fundar i dirigir la Brigada Mid-Ulster de la Força Voluntària de l'Ulster (UVF), fins que va ser assassinat, suposadament per , que va assumir el comandament de la brigada. Hanna va formar part dels de l'Exèrcit britànic a la Guerra de Corea, essent guadonat amb la Medalla Militar britànica. Després es va unir a l'exèrcit territorial i més tard a l'Ulster Special Constabulary. Quan aquest últim es va dissoldre el 1970, es va unir al recent creat Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), un regiment d'infanteria de l'Exèrcit britànic reclutat localment, com a membre a temps parcial. Va ocupar el rang de sergent de la companyia C (Lurgan), 11è batalló, i va exercir com a instructor de personal permanent (PSI). Hanna va ser el líder d'una de les dues unitats de l'UVF que van planificar i dur a terme els atemptats amb cotxe bomba de Dublín el 17 de maig de 1974, que van matar 26 persones. El periodista Joe Tiernan ho va confirmar, i va afirmar que també havia dirigit l'atemptat de Monaghan que es va produir aquell mateix vespre, i que va causa set noves víctimes. (ca)
- William Henry Wilson Hanna MM (c.1929 – 27 July 1975) was a high-ranking Ulster loyalist who founded and led the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) until he was killed, allegedly by Robin Jackson, who took over command of the brigade. Hanna had been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry while serving with the British Army's Royal Ulster Rifles in the Korean War. He then joined the Territorial Army and later the Ulster Special Constabulary. When the latter was disbanded in 1970, he joined the newly formed Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), a locally recruited infantry regiment of the British Army, as a part-time member. He held the rank of sergeant in C (Lurgan) Company, 11th Battalion UDR and served as a permanent staff instructor (PSI). According to Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Special Patrol Group (RUC) officer John Weir, Hanna was a leader of one of the two UVF units that planned and carried out the Dublin car bombings on 17 May 1974, which killed 26 people. Former British soldier and psychological warfare operative Colin Wallace suggested that Hanna had been the principal organiser of the Dublin attacks. Journalist Joe Tiernan confirmed this and stated that he had also directed the Monaghan bombing which occurred that same evening and claimed an additional seven lives. (en)
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- William Henry Wilson Hanna (Lurgan, Irlanda del Nord, 1929 - 27 de juliol de 1975), conegut com a Billy Hanna, va ser un líder paramilitar lleialista de l'Ulster que va fundar i dirigir la Brigada Mid-Ulster de la Força Voluntària de l'Ulster (UVF), fins que va ser assassinat, suposadament per , que va assumir el comandament de la brigada. (ca)
- William Henry Wilson Hanna MM (c.1929 – 27 July 1975) was a high-ranking Ulster loyalist who founded and led the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) until he was killed, allegedly by Robin Jackson, who took over command of the brigade. (en)
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