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First Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
File:Paras.JPG
Active1941–2006
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchArmy
TypeAirborne Infantry
Size650 men
Garrison/HQRAF St Athan
Nickname(s)Sporting First
Motto(s)Utrinque Paratus
(Latin: "Ready for Anything")
Insignia
Identification
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The First Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade.

Roled as an Airborne light infantry unit, 1 PARA was has since 2006 been the main contributor of manpower of the Special Forces Support Group and is capable of a wide range of operational taskings. Based at RAF St Athan, their barracks in South Wales, personnel regularly deploy outside of the United Kingdom on operations and training.

All personnel will have completed the Pre Parachute Selection (P Company) course at Depot PARA at Catterick, North Yorkshire (previously Aldershot, Hampshire) entitling them to wear the Maroon beret.

History

1940-1949

1950-1959

1960-1969

  • 1962
    May: Bahrain
  • 1963
    April : Montgomary Lines, Aldershot, England (16 Parachute Brigade)
  • 1964
    January: Cyprus
    May: Montgomary Lines, Aldershot, England (16 Parachute Brigade)
  • 1965
    October: Bahrain
  • 1967
    January: Aden (Aden Bde)
    November 27: Montgomary Lines, Aldershot, England (16 Parachute Brigade)

1970-1979

1980-1989

  • 1981
    March: Public duties Edinburgh, Scotland
    November: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
  • 1982
    January: Public duties Edinburgh, Scotland
    May: Operation Banner, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
    October: Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1983
    June: Tidworth, England (ACE MF(L))
  • 1985
    January: Aldershot, England (5 Airborne Brigade)
  • 1988
    July: Operation Banner, South Armagh, Northern Ireland
    November: Aldershot, England (5 Airborne Brigade)

1990-1999

  • 1991
    February: Residential Tour. Operation Banner, Holywood Barracks, Belfast, Northern Ireland (39 Inf Bde)
  • 1993
    June: Montgomary Lines, Aldershot, England (5 Airborne Brigade)
  • 1994
    May: Operation Banner, Belfast, Northern Ireland (39 Inf Bde)
    November: Montgomary Lines, Aldershot, England (5 Airborne Brigade)
  • 1999
    April: Operation Agricola, Kosovo (5 Airborne Brigade)
    September: Montgomary Lines, Aldershot, England (16 Air Assault Brigade)

2000-Present

Roll Of Honour

1940-1949

  • 1942
  • 19 May: Private, 2614568, William Henry Cadwallader
  • 23 November: Serjeant, 408765, Desmond Patrick Barnewall
  • 24 November: Private, 5118567, Arthur Thomas Cowley
  • 24 November: Private, 2979210, Joseph Higgins
  • 24 November: Captain, 92023, John Rattray Chalmers Stewart
  • 26 November: Private, 2574875, Thomas Edward Forkin
  • 26 November: Lance Corporal, 6207716, Rowland William Jones
  • 1 December: Lance Corporal, 6204566, Jack Edward Bilbey
  • 2 December: Lieutenant, 193881, Donald Francis Xavier Fogarty
  • 11 December: Sergent, 6205673, Edwin George Baxter
  • 1943
  • 1 January: Private, 2066230, Harold Benton
  • 3 February: Private, 550613, Horace Nathaniel Bainbridge MM
  • 3 February: Serjeant, 881868, George Campion
  • 3 February: Private, 2047668, Cyril Leonard Child
  • 3 February: Private, 6017441, Philip Mark Colechin
  • 3 February: Serjeant, 6030810, Hugh John Dawnay
  • 3 February: Private, 6460009, Kenneth Urban Lane
  • 3 February: Private, 6854340, William Eric Latham
  • 3 February: Private, 992310, Percival Robert Locke
  • 5 February: Private, 912545, Robert Charles Brant
  • 5 February: Corporal, 5256410, Robert Thomas Cable
  • 5 February: Corporal, 7606921, James Herbert Campion
  • 5 February: Private, 4350783, Joseph Coy
  • 5 February: Private, 6978389, James Joseph Dempsey
  • 5 February: Private, 3767449, Patrick Dolan
  • 5 February: Private, 2617406, Henry Dorsey
  • 5 February: Lance Corporal, 3774869, Harold Restarick Fisher
  • 5 February: Private, 2615688, Thomas Hughes
  • 5 February: Lance Corporal, 784387, Arthur Ernest Tanner
  • 19 February: Private, 2619839, William Robert Herring
  • 22 February: Private, 1609624, Haydn Lloyd Bowen
  • 26 February: Private, 2616784, James George Crabtree
  • 26 February: Private, 7012623, Hugh Gordon
  • 26 February: Private, 2619192, Lawrence Williams
  • 2 March: Private, 6409851, Patrick Conway
  • 6 March: Serjeant, 6087848, Raymond Denis Lake
  • 8 March: Lance Corporal, 4080492, Albert Bowmer
  • 8 March: Private, 4206512, David Douglas Callaghan
  • 8 March: Private, 2041480, Roy Chappell
  • 8 March: Serjeant, 2984461, James Colville MM
  • 8 March: Lance Corporal, 3965906, Cyril Arthur Douglas Dollin
  • 8 March: Private, 3136855, Frederick Duffy
  • 8 March: Private, 6853556, Derek Harold Hazell
  • 8 March: Corporal, 2621825, Jeffries Lacey
  • 10 March: Private, 1497364, Victor Amey
  • 10 March: Private, 210911, Frank Edward Francis
  • 12 March: Major, 89555, John Henry Vine Hall MC
  • 17 March: Private, 2939379, Alistair Bowie
  • 18 March: Lance Corporal, 6023897, Reginals John Cain
  • 28 March: Sergent, 6205676, Christopher Baxter
  • 28 March: Private, 3975253, Chester Billingsley
  • 28 March: Private, 2080646, William Brown
  • 28 March: Private, 2765366, Arthur John Mcintosh Reid
  • 29 March: Private, 4349392, Harold Percy Crosby
  • 29 March: Private, 4917585, Frank Dodson
  • 30 March: Private, 982388, Leonard Hayselden
  • 30 March: Private, 98875, George James Hearnden
  • 24 May: Serjeant, 2615083, Peter John Law
  • 27 May: Lance Corporal, 7912059, Francis Fletcher
  • 14 July: Lance Corporal, 14403152, William Boyd
  • 14 July: Private, 3065805, James Buchanan
  • 14 July: Private, 3973836, James Casey
  • 14 July: Private, 14269027, Dennis Vincent Coughtrey
  • 14 July: Serjeant, 2928220, John Sheridan Foy Hamilton
  • 23 July: Private, 5956316, Haydn Victor Lewis
  • 10 September: Private, 892353, Leslie Alfred John Higgins
  • 11 December: Private, 5622785, Leonard James Larbey
  • 26 December: Lance Corporal, 5888007, William Edward Baxter
  • 26 February: Corporal, 3319063, Daniel Bonner Bolland
  • 1944
  • 10 March : Private, 1070071, Lionel Herbert John Brown
  • 29 May: Private, 329943, Alexander Anderson
  • 17 September: Major, 97114, John Bune
  • 17 September: Private, 4208293, Norman Cooper
  • 17 September: Private, 6985006, Robert Alexander Dougan
  • 17 September: Private, 4690230, Oliver Gordon
  • 17 September: Lance Corporal, 1717127, Walter George Lewis
  • 17 September: Private, 5628491, Cyril Charles Nicholls
  • 18 September: Private, 11408969, Albert Edward Baker
  • 18 September: Private, 14438530, Thomas Bailey
  • 18 September: Private, 14553603, Alfred Henry Arthur Boland
  • 18 September: Corporal, 3065436, Robert Buchanan
  • 18 September: Private, 4344241, John Thomas Cartman
  • 18 September: Private, 4987084, Harry Cast
  • 18 September: Private, 2933459, Edward Coghlan
  • 18 September: Private, 6345451, Reginald Harry Curtis
  • 18 September: Private, 14368994, Raymond Leslie Alfred Dean
  • 18 September: Private, 14650322, Leslie William Dyer
  • 18 September: Corporal, 3383864, Albert Harwood
  • 18 September: Private, 4920618, Edward James Johnson
  • 19 September: Serjeant, 7012746, John Bermingham
  • 19 September: Private, 985999, Thomas William Colewell
  • 19 September: Private, 4914228, Alfred Raymond Cort
  • 19 September: Private, 14641751, Stephen William Cupples
  • 19 September: Private, 5682760, Richard Andrew Dalzell
  • 19 September: Private, 1143320, Frank Percy Dobrozyski
  • 19 September: Private, 5115336, George Arthur Taylor
  • 20 September : Captain, 113349, George Minto Blundell
  • 20 September: Lance Corporal, 6849967, Jack Ronald Boosey
  • 20 September: Private, 3457005, Ellis Clarke
  • 20 September: Second Lieutenant, 323542, Leslie Arthur Curtis MM
  • 20 September: Private, 2931426, William Joseph Patrick (Pat) Devlin
  • 21 September: Private, 6139388, George Hart
  • 21 September: Lance Corporal, 6146440, Albert Percy Lenton
  • 22 September: Lieutenant, 251970, Alastair Duncan Clarkson
  • 22 September: Private, 1475585, Robert Donalson
  • 24 September: Corporal, 1806655, Anthony Lesley Clarke
  • 24 September: Private, 14435996, John Gilmour Gordon
  • 25 September: Private, 1463210, Gordon Best
  • 25 September: Lance Corporal, 5782419, Lawrence Harold Brown
  • 25 September: Private, 1518881, Thomas Dacey
  • 25 September: Serjeant, 4192009, Herbert George Digby Reid
  • 28 September: Private, 4343722, Charles Frederick Best
  • 4 October: Private, 14344213, Alfred Victor Dann
  • 5 October: Private, 14656170, Donald Bainbridge
  • 1945
  • 16 April: Private, 4208436, Gwilym Gray Evans


  • 1946
  • 1 January: Private, 324267, Charles Lamb MM
  • 3 March: Lieutenant, 255758, Alan Cairns
  • 20 March: Private, 3189292, Robert Broadfoot
  • 15 June: Private, 7010430, Patrick Logue
  • 11 August: Corporal, 5671339, Percy George Down

1950-1959

  • 1952
    August 21: Pte W J. Cheesebrough. Operation Musketeer, Egypt
    August 21: Pte G J. Pike. Operation Musketeer, Egypt
  • 1953
    November 27: Sgt K. Goldsmith. Operation Musketeer, Egypt
  • 1954
    May 30: Pte J B. Vaux. Operation Musketeer, Egypt

1960-1969

1970-1979

  • 1972
    March 18: Private Kelly. Operation Banner, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland
    June 24: Private Christopher Stephenson. Operation Banner, Glenshane Pass, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • 1974
    March 16: Lance Corporal Philip D James. Operation Banner, Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
  • 1978
    July 12: Private Jack Fisher. Operation Banner, Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
    December 2: Corporal R D Adcock. Operation Banner, Northern Ireland

1980-1989

  • 1981
    December 24: Lance Corporal P Hampson. Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
  • 1982
    August 26: Lance Corporal M C May. Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
  • 1988
    July 28: Sergeant Michael B. Matthews. Operation Banner, Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

1990-1999

  • 1993
    May 13: Private P F J Gross. Operation Banner, Holywood, Northern Ireland
  • 1994
    December 4: Private C D King. Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
  • 1997
    August 21: Private M A Ramsey. Operation Banner, Northern Ireland

2000-Present

Commanding Officers

  • No 2 Commando/11th Special Air Service Battalion
  • 1940 ..........Lieutenant Colonel C I A Jackson
  • 1941 ..........Lieutenant Colonel E E Down
  • 1st Parachute Battalion
  • 1941-1942 Lieutenant Colonel E E Down
  • 1942 .........Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Hill, MC
  • 1942-1943 Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Pearson, DSO and Bar, MC [1]
  • 1943-1944 Lieutenant Colonel P Cleasby-Thompson, MBE, MC
  • 1944 .........Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Darling, DSO [2]
  • 1944-1945 Lieutenant Colonel David Dobie, DSO [3]
  • 1945 .........Lieutenant Colonel T C H Pearson, DSO
  • Disbanded 1945
  • 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment
  • Formed in July 1948 from 4th/6th Parachute Battalion*
  • 1948-1950 Lieutenant Colonel John Cubbon, OBE
  • 1950-1951 Lieutenant Colonel C H P Harrington, DSO, MC
  • 1951-1952 Lieutenant Colonel D W Jackson
  • 1952-1954 Lieutenant Colonel Henry Leask, DSO, MC [4]
  • 1954-1956 Lieutenant Colonel J S S Gratton
  • 1957-1959 Lieutenant Colonel G G Reinhold, MC
  • 1959-1961 Lieutenant Colonel J Awdry
  • 1961-1962 Lieutenant Colonel T Pine-Coffin, DSO
  • 1962-1964 Lieutenant Colonel P D F Thursby, OBE
  • 1964-1966 Lieutenant Colonel J D C Graham, OBE
  • 1966-1969 Lieutenant Colonel M J H Walsh, DSO
  • 1969-1971 Lieutenant Colonel M S Gray, OBE
  • 1971-1973 Lieutenant Colonel D Wilford, OBE
  • 1973-1976 Lieutenant Colonel P S Field, MC
  • 1976-1979 Lieutenant Colonel J B Brierley, OBE
  • 1979-1981 Lieutenant Colonel D M G Charles
  • 1981-1984 Lieutenant Colonel Ian McLeod, OBE, MC
  • 1984-1986 Lieutenant Colonel Mike Jackson, MBE
  • 1986-1988 Lieutenant Colonel John Reith, OBE
  • 1988-1990 Lieutenant Colonel R W Trigger, MBE
  • 1990-1993 Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Kennett, MBE CBE [5]
  • 1993-1995 Lieutenant Colonel G J J McFall, MID OBE [6]
  • 1995-1998 Lieutenant Colonel J G James, MBE
  • 1998- 2000 Lieutenant Colonel Paul Gibson DSO

See Also

References

  1. ^ http://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/james_hill.htm
  2. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19981112/ai_n14189586
  3. ^ http://www.holum.net/gen/dobie.htm
  4. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1452324/Lt-Gen-Sir-Henry-Leask.html Leask Bio
  5. ^ http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5FC81AAB-025D-463E-A4B2-BD4D1AAC2F4B/0/guide_appointments_april08.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.erinysinternational.com/CompanyOverview-ManagementProfiles.asp McFall Bio
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