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Parachute Regiment: Falklands War: 28 May 1982* Goose Green, Falkland Islands: Ian McKay: Parachute Regiment: Falklands War: 12 June 1982* Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands: Johnson Beharry: Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment: Iraq War: 1 May 2004 11 June 2004: Al-Amarah, Iraq: Bryan Budd: Parachute Regiment: War in Afghanistan: 27 July 2006
Colour Sergeant Joshua Mark Leakey VC (born 1988) is a British soldier currently serving in the Parachute Regiment.In 2015, Leakey was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for his involvement in a joint UK–US raid in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on 22 August 2013.
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, VC, OBE (14 May 1940 – 28 May 1982), known as H. Jones, was a British Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC). He was awarded the VC after being killed in action during the Battle of Goose Green for his actions as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, during the Falklands War.
By April 1982 he was platoon sergeant of 4 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, [4] and deployed with his unit for service in the Falklands War. He was killed during the Battle of Mount Longdon, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Bryan James Budd, VC (16 July 1977 – 20 August 2006) was a British Army soldier and a Northern Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
The only awards of the Victoria Cross to the Parachute Regiment in the war were for the Battle of Arnhem. The two recipients were Captain John Hollington Grayburn of the 2nd Battalion, and Captain Lionel Ernest Queripel of the 10th Battalion; both awards were posthumous. [94] [95]
Lieutenant John Hollington Grayburn (149002), Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps (Chalfont St. Giles). For supreme courage, leadership and devotion to duty. Lieutenant Grayburn was a platoon commander of the Parachute Battalion which was dropped on 17th September, 1944, with the task of seizing and holding the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem.
Queripel was 24 years old, and a Captain in the 10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division during this battle when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. By 1400 hrs on 19 September the confusion and heavy casualties saw Captain Queripel acting as commander of a company ...