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. 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 [1946–1948]
3rd Battalion [1941–present]
4th Battalion [1942–1946]
4th/6th Battalion [1946–1948]
5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion [1942–1948] – formed from 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion [1942–1946] – formed from 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion [1942–1948] – formed from 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion [1942–1946] – formed from 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
8th/9th Battalion [1946–1948] –
9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion [1942–1946] – formed from 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment
10th (Sussex) Parachute Battalion [1943–1944] – formed from volunteers from the 2nd, 4th and 5th battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment
11th Parachute Battalion [1943–1944] – formed from cadre of the 156th Parachute Battalion
12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion [1943–1956] – formed from the 10th Battalion, Green Howards
13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion [1943–1945] – formed from the 2/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
15th (King's) Parachute Battalion [1945–1947] – formed from the 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) in Rawalpindi
16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion [1945–1947] – formed from the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in Rawalpindi
17th Parachute Battalion [1945–1967]
151st Parachute Battalion [1941–1942] – formed in British India from volunteers of 27 different battalions. Redesignated 156th Battalion.
156th Parachute Battalion [1942–1944]