5th Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) - Order of Battle

Order of Battle

Commanders
  • Brigadier Edwin Flavell
  • Brigadier Nigel Poett
  • Brigadier Kenneth Darling
Units – Europe
  • 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
  • 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion
  • 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
  • 'D' Company, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 225th Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
  • 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
  • 591st (Antrim) Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
Units – Far East
  • 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
  • 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion
  • 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
  • 225th Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
  • 4th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
  • 22nd Independent Parachute Company, Army Air Corps
  • 591st (Antrim) Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers
  • Parachute Platoon, Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps

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