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 [1940âÂÂpresent]
- 1st (Guards) Parachute Battalion [1946âÂÂ1948]
- 2nd Battalion [1941âÂÂpresent]
- 2nd/3rd Battalion [1946âÂÂ1948]
- 3rd Battalion [1941âÂÂpresent]
- 4th Battalion [1942âÂÂ1946]
- 4th/6th Battalion [1946âÂÂ1948]
- 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion [1942âÂÂ1948] â formed from 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion [1942âÂÂ1946] â formed from 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion [1942âÂÂ1948] â formed from 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
- 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion [1942âÂÂ1946] â formed from 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 8th/9th Battalion [1946âÂÂ1948] âÂÂ
- 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion [1942âÂÂ1946] â formed from 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment
- 10th (Sussex) Parachute Battalion [1943âÂÂ1944] â formed from volunteers from the 2nd, 4th and 5th battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment
- 11th Parachute Battalion [1943âÂÂ1944] â formed from cadre of the 156th Parachute Battalion
- 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion [1943âÂÂ1956] â formed from the 10th Battalion, Green Howards
- 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion [1943âÂÂ1945] â formed from the 2/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
- 15th (King's) Parachute Battalion [1945âÂÂ1947] â formed from the 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) in Rawalpindi
- 16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion [1945âÂÂ1947] â formed from the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in Rawalpindi
- 17th Parachute Battalion [1945âÂÂ1967]
- 151st Parachute Battalion [1941âÂÂ1942] â formed in British India from volunteers of 27 different battalions. Redesignated 156th Battalion.
- 156th Parachute Battalion [1941âÂÂ1944]
Territorials and Volunteers
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