Brigadier of the West Belfast Ulster Defence Association (UDA) (1975–1990)
Spouse
Elizabeth Baird
Children
3 sons, 2 daughters
Tommy "Tucker" Lyttle (c. 1939 – 18 October 1995), was a high-ranking Ulster loyalist during the period of religious-political conflict in Northern Ireland known as "the Troubles". A member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) – the largest loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland – he first held the rank of lieutenant colonel and later was made a brigadier. He served as the UDA's spokesman as well as the leader of the organisation's West Belfast Brigade from 1975 until his arrest and imprisonment in 1990. According to journalists Henry McDonald and Brian Rowan, and the Pat Finucane Centre, he became a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Special Branch informer.[1][2][3]
^Henry McDonald, "Sordid Death of Top Gun", The Guardian; 1 October 2000. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
^Cite error: The named reference rowan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^The Pat Finucane Centre: Beyond Collusion: The UK Security Forces and the Murder of Patrick Finucane Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
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failed strike organised by Paisley the previous year. Barr's old friends TommyLyttle and Harry Chicken both took up seats on the NUPRG whilst South Belfast...
its Inner Council. With the West Belfast UDA brigadier and spokesman TommyLyttle in prison and gradually eased out of the leadership, Adair, as the most...
of John McMichael and Jim Craig and the departures of Andy Tyrie and TommyLyttle. McKeag became involved in 'C' Company of the lower Shankill – the most...
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was attending a meeting at the West Belfast UDA's headquarters with TommyLyttle when he noticed a sniper on a nearby roof. Smith, who was wearing a bullet-proof...
on some of the veterans whom Tyrie had protected. Craig was killed, TommyLyttle was declared persona non grata and various brigadiers were removed from...
Northern Ireland. The trip however, on which Barr was accompanied by TommyLyttle, Andy Robinson and Harry Chicken, was widely condemned by unionist politicians...
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headquarters on the road. Leading members such as James Craig, Davy Payne and TommyLyttle made their homes in the area. The Shankill was covered by the West Belfast...
Brigade, TommyLyttle, said that Stone was a rogue loyalist acting without orders from the UDA, although he did not condemn the attack. Lyttle told other...
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the same year. In July 1992 Thompson was despatched along with McCrory, Tommy Potts and Matthew McCormick as a C Company hit team with the aim of killing...
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vetoed by the brigade leadership. Things changed however in 1990 when TommyLyttle was removed as West Belfast brigadier and, under new leadership, Adair...
only 852 votes and was not elected. Along with Herron, Bill Snoddy and TommyLyttle, Hull's performance represented a near total routing for the Vanguard's...
killed in 1988 following similar claims, as well as the persona non grata TommyLyttle sealed his fate, and a death sentence was passed on McCreery by the new...
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them out of the UDA. Kincaid also backed the expulsion of Gary Fisher and Tommy Kirkham in 2007 and joined McDonald and other brigadiers in visiting Newtownabbey...
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