List of battalions of the Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

A List of battalions of the Parachute Regiment from formation in 1940 to the present day. The Parachute Regiment is an 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]

Territorials and Volunteers

• 4th/6th Parachute Battalion [1947–1948]
• 4th Parachute Battalion [1967–present]
• 10th (County of London) Parachute Battalion [1947–1999]
• 11th (Middlesex) Parachute Battalion [1947–1956]
• 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion [1943–1956]
• 12th/13th (Yorkshire and Lancashire) Parachute Battalion [1956–1967]
• 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion [1947–1956]
• 14th Parachute Battalion [1948–1956]
• 15th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion [1947–1992]
• 16th (Welsh) Parachute Battalion [1947–1956]
• 17th (Durham Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion [1948–1967]
• 18th Parachute Battalion [1947–1956]

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