Roll of Honor
Incident
Fatally wounded when he was struck in the chest by a single shot, discharged from a shotgun carried by a colleague, during a firearms training exercise in a disused factory in Newton Heath, North Manchester.
Fatally wounded when he was struck in the chest by a single shot, discharged from a shotgun carried by a colleague, during a firearms training exercise on disused industrial premises in Thorp Road, Newton Heath, North Manchester.
Ian was from Burnley. He joined Greater Manchester Police in 1997 and served on Rochdale Division before joining the Firearms Unit in 2002.
He is survived by his wife, their daughter and son, his parents and his brother, also a serving police officer.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, their daughter and son, his parents and his brother, also a serving police officer.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Terry served with the Greater Manchester Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Terry.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Ian James Terry is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Greater Manchester Police, 14 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 46.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ian James Terry's cause is highlighted.
How Ian James Terry Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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