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Pages in category "British Parachute Regiment soldiers" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Alongside the five regiments of Foot Guards, the Parachute Regiment is the only infantry regiment of the British Army that has not been amalgamated with another unit since the end of the Second World War. [5] The Parachute Regiment was formed on 22 June 1940 during the Second World War and eventually raised 17 battalions.
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The Red Devils – The Parachute Regiment [71] (Refers to either the use of Tunisian Red mud as camouflage or the red berets worn) The Red Feathers – 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot later 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] [58] Red Knights – 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot later Cheshire Regiment [1] [58]
The Airborne Forces of the British Army consists of the parachute troops and glider-borne troops of all arms of service. Officers and men in any regiment or corps, may apply for transfer to a parachute or glider-borne unit of the Airborne Forces. [8] By the end of the war the British Army had raised seventeen parachute and eight airlanding ...
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 [1940–present] 1st (Guards) Parachute Battalion [1946–1948] 2nd Battalion [1941–present] 2nd/3rd Battalion ...
Jock Lewes – co-founder of the regiment; Arthur Denaro; Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton MVO MBE – Private Secretary to Prince William and Prince Harry; Simon Mann – mercenary, Equatorial Guinea; Paddy Mayne, DSO – British and Irish Lions rugby union player; Fitzroy Maclean – MP for Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Lancaster