Tributes to The Life and Times of Orlando Rogers
Description: Welcome to the Orlando Rogers Foundation website. To honour his memory we have set up this Charitable Foundation and aim to help others by inspiring and encouraging them as Orlando would have done had he still been with us.
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Welcome to the Orlando Rogers Foundation. The Foundation was established in honour of the life of Orlando Rogers. It aims to encourage, inspire and support people, young and not so young, to achieve their full potential. Read Imamu’s story to get an idea of what the foundation can do.
Orlando was an exceptionally talented and charismatic young man from Devon. At the age of 15 he became a British judo champion just one year after taking up the sport. He then went on to represent Great Britain in judo in 5 International competitions. At age 18 he took a commission in the Royal Marines and served in Northern Ireland as a Lieutenant and then as a Captain in Afghanistan. During his time in the Royal Marines he rowed across the Atlantic in a 2 man ocean row ing boat called “Go Commando” (
If you want to achieve a life ambition, Orlando would have highly recommended you started yesterday. If you have doubts about your ability and want to turn back, he would have told you to keep moving forward and always try your hardest to get to where you want to go. So go out there, show the world that you can go far beyond what you thought. Need a bit more inspiration? Read how Orlando and others have achieved their feats against the odds.
Tributes to The Life and Times of Orlando Rogers