Robert John Jackson, also known as The Jackal, was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and part-time soldier. He was a senior officer in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) during the period of violent ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. Jackson commanded the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade from 1975 to the early 1990s, when Billy Wright took over as leader.
Jackson with the Ulster banner behind him
Ulster Volunteer Force mural. Robin Jackson led the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade from 1975 to the early 1990s.
Site of the Miami Showband killings which occurred on 31 July 1975. Jackson was implicated in this attack which left three band members and two UVF men dead
The village of Ahoghill, County Antrim, where the William Strathearn killing took place
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1965, it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former Royal Ulster Rifles soldier from Northern Ireland. The group undertook an armed campaign of almost thirty years during The Troubles. It declared a ceasefire in 1994 and officially ended its campaign in 2007, although some of its members have continued to engage in violence and criminal activities. The group is a proscribed organisation and is on the terrorist organisation list of the United Kingdom.
An old UVF mural on the Shankill Road, where the group was formed
A UVF flag in Glenarm, County Antrim
UVF mural on the Shankill Road, where the Brigade Staff is based
The UVF received large numbers of Czechoslovak Sa vz. 58 automatic rifles in the 1980s
