with many of its members forming the Ulster Workers Council. Later years In 1974, Hull was shot and injured in an attack which Conflict Archive on the Internet states was carried out by other loyalist paramilitaries, possibly the Ulster Volunteer Force. Henry McDonald and Jim Cusack however state that the shooting was the work of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who wanted to take down two high-profile UDA members, even if they had little involvement in the group's military activities. Steve Bruce also states that it was the work of IRA members from Ardoyne, although a false claim was made to the BBC that it had been carried out by the Ulster Young Militants. Hull had been in the Crumlin Road glazier shop belonging to Jim Anderson when a gunman entered and shot both men. By the time of this attack, Hull's role with the UDA had diminished considerably. With the LAW having also disappeared, Hull would play little role in public life from then on. References 1912 births Year of death missing British shooting survivors Northern Ireland Labour Party politicians Trade unionists from Belfast Ulster Defence Association members Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party politicians