Ian A Rogers | ParaData

Sergeant Ian Albert Rogers served with Medium Machine Gun Platoon the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA).

31 year old Sgt Rogers was killed on 27 August 1979 at Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland by the second bomb detonated by the IRA that day. Members of the MMG Pln had arrived after an earlier explosion assist the wounded and dead.

Sgt ‘Drummie’ Rogers is buried in Bishopstoke Cemetery, Eastleigh.

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The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Sergeant)

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Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war between Republican IRA and Protestant para-military groups during the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ that were to last 37 years.

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Photo of 'Drummie' Rogers from The Pegasus Journal, October 1977.

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'Lest We Forget' - soldiers killed in the Warrenpoint bombing

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Members of 2 PARA, Jungle Warfare School in Malaysia, 1968.

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2 PARA, Jungle Warfare School in Malaysia, 1968.

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Terence Tedman said:

I served with Ian whilst in 2 PARA.
It is worthy of note that he was an excellent Drum Major.
I still think of him with fond memories.

Robert Cowan said:

I served with Ian on boys service, he spent some leave with my family in Scotland, he was a good mate and I think of him often it's a tragedy he wasn't able to reach his full potential.

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Sergeant Ian A Rogers

{ Drummie }

27 Aug 1979

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