A List of battalions of the Parachute Regiment from formation in 1940 to the present day. The Parachute Regiment is a parachute infantry regiment of the British Army that was formed in the early stages of World War II.
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| - A List of battalions of the Parachute Regiment from formation in 1940 to the present day. The Parachute Regiment is a parachute infantry regiment of the British Army that was formed in the early stages of World War II.
* 1st Battalion [1940–present]
* 1st (Guards) Parachute Battalion [1946–1948]
* 2nd Battalion [1941–present]
* 2nd/3rd Battalion [1946–1948]
* 3rd Battalion [1941–present]
* 4th Battalion [1942–1946]
* 4th/6th Battalion [1946–1948]
* 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion [1942–1948] – formed from 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
* 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion [1942–1946] – formed from 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
* 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion [1942–1948] – formed from 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
* 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion [1942–1946] – formed from 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
* 8th/9th Battalion [1946–1948] –
* 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion [1942–1946] – formed from 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment
* 10th (Sussex) Parachute Battalion [1943–1944] – formed from volunteers from the 2nd, 4th and 5th battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment
* 11th Parachute Battalion [1943–1944] – formed from cadre of the 156th Parachute Battalion
* 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion [1943–1956] – formed from the 10th Battalion, Green Howards
* 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion [1943–1945] – formed from the 2/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
* 15th (King's) Parachute Battalion [1945–1947] – formed from the 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) in Rawalpindi
* 16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion [1945–1947] – formed from the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in Rawalpindi
* 17th Parachute Battalion [1945–1967]
* 151st Parachute Battalion [1941–1942] – formed in British India from volunteers of 27 different battalions. Redesignated 156th Battalion.
* 156th Parachute Battalion [1942–1944] (en)
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