Anderson , a Protestant glazier from the Crumlin Road area of Belfast , was an early member of a loyalist vigilante group , the Woodvale Defence Association ( WDA ) . Anderson 's base of operation was the mid-Shankill , which runs parallel to the Crumlin Road , where he garnered a reputation as a good organiser and worked closely with Billy Hull . Anderson was present at the September 1971 meeting where the Woodvale Defence Association merged with other vigilante groups to form the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) . At this meeting Hull was chosen as chairman of the new group with Alan Moon of the lower Shankill vice-chairman ; although before long Anderson replaced Moon in this role . Moon , who had become reluctant to be involved in vigilantism since the group 's formation , willingly stepped aside and ended his association with the UDA soon afterwards . The structure of this new movement soon took shape with a thirteen-man Security Council established in January 1972 as a reaction to a Provisional IRA bomb at the Balmoral furniture showroom on the Shankill which killed four people including two infants . Anderson was one of the members of this Council
Balmoral furniture showroom
1971 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing
Jim Anderson (loyalist)