Stephen George Rodgers

Died

20 May 1985

Age

Rank

Reserve Constable

Force

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed alongside three colleagues by the explosion of a terrorist bomb placed in a trailer near the road in Killeen, Newry.

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed alongside three colleagues by the explosion of a terrorist bomb placed in a trailer near the road in Killeen, Newry.

Circumstances

Killed on escort duty by a terrorist bomb exploded at the roadside.

Three other officers, Inspector William James Wilson and Constables David James Ronald Baird and Tracy Ellen Doak, were also killed in the explosion that, shortly before 10:00am, destroyed their armour-plated patrol car as they escorted a security vehicle taking money to a bank in Belfast.