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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
- 1st (Guards) Parachute Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 2nd/3rd Battalion
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 4th/6th Battalion
- 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion – formed from 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion – formed from 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion – formed from 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
- 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion – formed from 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- 8th/9th Battalion –
- 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion – formed from 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment
- 10th (Sussex) Parachute Battalion – formed from volunteers from the 2nd, 4th and 5th battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment
- 11th Parachute Battalion – formed from cadre of the 156th Parachute Battalion
- 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion – formed from the 10th Battalion, Green Howards
- 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion – formed from the 2/4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
- 15th (King's) Parachute Battalion – formed from the 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) in Rawalpindi
- 16th (Staffords) Parachute Battalion – formed from the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in Rawalpindi
- 17th Parachute Battalion
- 151st Parachute Battalion – formed in British India from volunteers of 27 different battalions. Redesignated 156th Battalion.
- 156th Parachute Battalion
Territorials and Volunteers
- 4th/6th Parachute Battalion
- 4th Parachute Battalion
- 10th (County of London) Parachute Battalion
- 11th (Middlesex) Parachute Battalion
- 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion
- 12th/13th (Yorkshire and Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
- 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion
- 14th Parachute Battalion
- 15th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion
- 16th (Welsh) Parachute Battalion
- 17th (Durham Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion
- 18th (Warwickshire) Parachute Battalion