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.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 2nd/3rd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 4th/6th Battalion
- 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion - formed from 7th Bn, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 6th (Royal Welsh) Parachute Battalion - formed from 10th Bn, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion - formed from 10th Bn, The Somerset Light Infantry
- 8th (Midland Counties) Parachute Battalion - formed from 13th Bn, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 8th/9th Battalion -
- 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion - formed from 10th Bn, The Essex Regiment
- 10th Parachute Battalion - formed from volunteers from the 2nd, 4th and 5th Bn, The Royal Sussex Regiment
- 11th Parachute Battalion - formed from cadre of the 156th Battalion
- 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion - formed from the 10th Bn, The Green Howards
- 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion - formed from the 2/4th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
- 15th (King's) Parachute Battalion - formed from the 1st Bn, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) in Rawalpindi
- 16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion - formed from the 1st Bn, The South Staffordshire Regiment in Rawalpindi
- 17th Parachute Battalion
- 151st Parachute Battalion - formed in India from volunteers of 27 different battalions. Converted to 156th Battalion.
- 156th Parachute Battalion
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