William Wesley Somerville ( c. 1941 – 31 July 1975 ) was am Ulster loyalist paramilitary , who held the rank of lieutenant in the illegal Ulster Volunteer Force 's ( UVF ) Mid-Ulster Brigade during the period of conflict known as " the Troubles " . He also served as a member of the British state 's legal Ulster Defence Regiment ( UDR ) . Somerville was part of the UVF unit that ambushed the Irish cabaret band The Miami Showband at Buskhill , County Down , which resulted in the deaths of three of the bandmembers . Somerville was killed , along with Harris Boyle , when the bomb they had loaded onto the band 's minibus exploded prematurely . His brother , John James Somerville ( a former UDR soldier ) was one of the three men convicted of the murders of bandmembers Brian McCoy , Fran O'Toole and Tony Geraghty
deaths of three of the bandmembers
Miami Showband killings
Wesley Somerville