c. 1949 (1949) Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Died
March 2003 (2003-04) (aged 53) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Allegiance
Ulster Defence Association
Rank
Brigadier
Unit
North & West Belfast Brigade (1974–1988)
Conflict
The Troubles
H. David "Davy" Payne (c. 1949 – March 2003) was a senior Northern Irish loyalist and a high-ranking member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) during the Troubles, serving as brigadier of the North Belfast Brigade. He was first in command of the Shankill Road brigade of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), which was the "cover name" of the militant branch of the UDA. The group was responsible for a series of abductions and killings of mostly Catholic civilians in the early 1970s.
He was arrested after being stopped at a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) checkpoint while driving the "scout" (lead) car for his UDA colleagues whose cars' boots contained large caches of weapons imported from Lebanon. He was convicted and sentenced to 19 years in prison.[1]
H. David "Davy" Payne (c. 1949 – March 2003) was a senior Northern Irish loyalist and a high-ranking member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) during...
imprisonment. White, however maintained that the UFF's second-in-command DavyPayne helped him lead the assassination squad and played a major part in the...
John McMichael, DavyPayne and a third member of the UDA Inner Council that Moloney did not name, but who was still alive in May 2020. Payne in particular...
N. Payne (born 1944), professor of photonics at the University of Southampton David Payne (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer DavyPayne (c....
According to Weir, Jackson, along with the main organiser Billy Hanna and DavyPayne (UDA, Belfast), led one of the two UVF units that bombed Dublin on 17...
campaign against their perceived enemies. North Belfast UDA brigadier DavyPayne was arrested after his "scout" car had been stopped at a RUC checkpoint...
had taken over from Brigadier Tom Reid, who in his turn had succeeded DavyPayne following the latter's arrest in 1988.[citation needed] Simpson was, along...
leading members of the UDA started out in the WDA, including Jim Anderson, DavyPayne, Ernie Elliott and John White. Steve Bruce, The red hand: Protestant paramilitaries...
establishing its headquarters on the road. Leading members such as James Craig, DavyPayne and Tommy Lyttle made their homes in the area. The Shankill was covered...
Orange Order at the same time. This includes Gusty Spence, Robert Bates, DavyPayne, David Ervine, John Bingham, George Seawright, Richard Jameson, Billy...
eventually left Belfast after being visited by North Belfast Brigadier DavyPayne, who warned him that he would not survive a third attack. South Belfast...
in early 1988. However, after a tip-off, the North Belfast brigadier DavyPayne was stopped at an RUC checkpoint in Portadown. He was driving the "scout"...
Belfast Brigade John Boreland John Bunting Sammy Duddy Tommy English DavyPayne Andre & Ihab Shoukri Jimbo Simpson South Belfast Brigade David Adams Joe...
Dublin-Monaghan bombings was Billy Hanna. He claimed that Hanna, Robin Jackson, DavyPayne and William Marchant carried out the Dublin bombings, while Stewart Young...
over 11,000 rounds of ammunition were seized and three UDA men arrested. DavyPayne, the UDA's North Belfast Brigadier was sentenced to 19 years in prison...
John Weir named Hanna, along with senior UVF member Robin Jackson and DavyPayne (UDA Belfast), as having led one of the two teams that bombed Dublin on...
Belfast Brigade John Boreland John Bunting Sammy Duddy Tommy English DavyPayne Andre & Ihab Shoukri Jimbo Simpson South Belfast Brigade David Adams Joe...
hospital after which he again returned to his Belfast home. Loyalist DavyPayne was sent to his house with another hitman and the two ordered Smith to...
Belfast Brigade John Boreland John Bunting Sammy Duddy Tommy English DavyPayne Andre & Ihab Shoukri Jimbo Simpson South Belfast Brigade David Adams Joe...
Special Patrol Group officer John Weir named Billy Hanna, Robin Jackson and DavyPayne (UDA) as having planned and led one of the UVF teams that drove three...
rooms" had been invented in the early 1970s by UDA North Belfast Brigadier DavyPayne. Named after the children's television programme, these "romper rooms"...
Belfast Brigade John Boreland John Bunting Sammy Duddy Tommy English DavyPayne Andre & Ihab Shoukri Jimbo Simpson South Belfast Brigade David Adams Joe...
1971-1975 John McClatchey 1975 Tommy Lyttle 1975-1977 Harry Killen 1977-1983 DavyPayne 1983-1989 Tommy Irvine 1990 Ken Barrett 1990 Billy Kennedy 1990 Jim Spence...
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