List of battalions of the Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
- 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 [1940-present]
*2nd Battalion [1941-present]
*2nd/3rd Battalion [1946-1948]
*3rd Battalion [1941-present]
*4th Battalion [1942-1946]
*4th/6th Battalion [1946-1948]
*5th (Scottish) Battalion [1942-1948] - formed from 7th Bn, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
*6th Battalion (Royal Welsh) [1942-1946] - formed from 10th Bn, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
*7th (Light Infantry) Battalion [1942-1948] - formed from 10th Bn, The Somerset Light Infantry - see 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
*8th (Midland Counties) Battalion [1942-1946] - formed from 13th Bn, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
*8th/9th Battalion [1946-1948] -
*9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Battalion [1942-1946] - formed from 10th Bn, The Essex Regiment
*10th Battalion [1943-1944] - formed from volunteers from the 2nd, 4th and 5th Bn, The Royal Sussex Regiment
*11th Battalion [1943-1944] - formed from cadre of the 156th Battalion
*12th (Yorkshire) Battalion [1943-1956] - formed from the 10th Bn, The Green Howards
*13th (Lancashire) Battalion [1943-1945] - formed from the 2/4th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
*15th (The King's) Battalion [1945-1947] - formed from the 1st Bn, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) in Rawalpindi
*16th (South Staffordshire) Battalion [1945-1947] - formed from the 1st Bn, The South Staffordshire Regiment in Rawalpindi
*151st Battalion [1941-1942] - formed in India from volunteers of 27 different battalions. Converted to 156th Battalion.
*156th Battalion [1942-1944]
Territorials and Volunteers
*4th/6th Battalion [1947-1948]
*4th (V) Battalion [1967-present]
*10th (County of London) Battalion [1947-1999]
*11th (Middlesex) Battalion [1947-1956]
*12th (Yorkshire) Battalion [1943-1956]
*12th/13th (Yorkshire and Lancashire) Battalion [1956-1967]
*13th (Lancashire) Battalion [1947-1956]
*14th Battalion [1948-1956]
*15th (Scottish) Battalion [1947-1992] -
*16th (Welsh) Battalion [1947-1956]
*17th Battalion (9th Bn The Durham Light Infantry) [1948-1967]
*18th Battalion [1947-1956]
Independent Squadrons and Companies
* [Pathfinder Platoon#Post World War 2|No. 1 (Guards) Independent Company [1948-1975]
*Gurkha Independent Parachute Company [1961-1971?]
*Parachute Squadron, Royal Armoured Corps [1964-1976]
*Pathfinder Platoon
* [Pathfinder Platoon#Post World War 2|16th (Lincoln) Independent Parachute Company [T.A.] [1950-1988?]
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