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Third Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
File:Paras.JPG
Active1941–Present
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchArmy
TypeAirborne Infantry
Size650 men
Garrison/HQColchester Garrison
Nickname(s)Gungy Third
Motto(s)Utrinque Paratus
(Latin: "Ready for Anything")
Insignia
Identification
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The Third Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade whos Commanding Officer is Lieutenant Colonel Huw Williams.

Roled as an Airborne light infantry unit and is capable of a wide range of operational taskings. Based at Merville Barracks, Colchester Garrison, their barracks in England, 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

  • 1941
    30 September: 3rd Parachute Battalion, Parachute Corps
  • 1942
    1 August: 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
  • 1944
    21 September: Captured by the Germans at Arnhem
  • 1946
    Reconstituted and amalgamated with 2nd Battalion to form 2nd/3rd Battalion
  • 1948
    July: 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment re-formed at Itezehe from 7th Battalion
  • 1949
    November: England: Aldershot (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)

1950-1959

  • 1950
    July 19: King George VI presents the Regiment with their first Kings and Regimental colours. Aldershot.
  • 1951
    June: Egypt
  • 1954
    England: Aldershot (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)
  • 1956
    January: Cyprus (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)
    5 November: Operation Musketeer, Suez Canal, Egypt (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)
    November: Cyprus (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)
    December: England: Aldershot (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)
  • 1958
    June: Cyprus (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)
    18 July: Jordan (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)
    November: Cyprus (16 Independent Parachute Brigade)

1960-1969

  • 1961
    October: Bahrain
  • 1962
    May: Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England
  • 1964
    April: Bahrain
    Aden
  • 1965
    7 April: New Barrack complex (Montgomery Lines) opens. Aldershot, England
    October: British Guiana
  • 1966
    February: Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England

1970-1979

  • 1971
    January: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
    June: Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England
  • 1973
    March: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
    July: Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England
  • 1974
    June: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
    August: Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England
  • 1977
    March: Osnabrück, Germany (5 Field Force) (BAOR)
  • 1978
    February: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
    June: Osnabrück, Germany (5 Field Force) (BAOR)

1980-1989

  • 1980
    June: Tidworth, Wiltshire, England (8 Field Force)
    December: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
  • 1981
    April: Tidworth, Wiltshire, England (8 Field Force)
  • 1982
    January: Tidworth, Wiltshire, England (5 Infantry Brigade)
  • 1980
    December: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
  • 1981
    April: Tidworth, Wiltshire, England (5 Infantry Brigade)
  • 1982
    April: Operation Corporate, Falkland Islands (3 Commando Brigade)
    June: Tidworth, Wiltshire, England (5 Infantry Brigade)
  • 1983
    November: Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England (5 Infantry Brigade)
    Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England (5 Airborne Brigade)
  • 1986
    June: UNFICYP Tour, Cyprus
    December: Aldershot
  • 1987
    January - June: Military support to the Civil Police at Gatwick Airport
    June: Aldershot
  • 1989
    February 20: Residential Tour. Operation Banner, Holywood Barracks, Belfast, Northern Ireland (39 Infantry Brigade)

1990-1999

  • 1991
    February: Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England (5 Airborne Brigade)
  • 1992
    March: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
    June: Montgomery Lines, Aldershot, England (5 Airborne Brigade)
  • 1995
    July: Connaught Barracks, Dover, England (ACE MF(L))

2000-Present

  • 2000
    August: Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, England (16 Air Assault Brigade)
  • 2001
    December: Operation Banner, Northern Ireland
    Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, England (16 Air Assault Brigade)
  • 2003
    February: Persian Gulf (16 Air Assault Brigade)
    March: Iraq (16 Air Assault Brigade)
    England: Colchester (16 Air Assault Brigade)
  • 2005
    Helmand, Afghanistan (16 Air Assault Brigade)
    Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, England (16 Air Assault Brigade)
  • 2006
    April: Operation Herrick IV, Helmand, Afghanistan (16 Air Assault Brigade)
    November: Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, England (16 Air Assault Brigade)
  • 2008
    April: Operation Herrick VIII, Helmand, Afghanistan (16 Air Assault Brigade)
    October: Merville Barracks, Colchester, England

Roll Of Honour

Commanding Officers

  • 1941-1942 Lieutenant Colonel G W Lathbury, DSO, MBE
  • 1942-1943 Lieutenant Colonel R G Pine-Coffin, DSO, MC
  • 1943-1944 Lieutenant Colonel E C Yeldham
  • 1944 Lieutenant Colonel J A C Fitch
  • 1944-1945 Lieutenant Colonel R T H Lonsdale, DSO
  • 1945-1946 Lieutenant Colonel E P D Brandish
  • 1946-1947 Lieutenant Colonel G P Rickord, DSO
  • 1947-1948 Lieutenant Colonel T H Birkbeck, DSO
  • 1948-1950 Lieutenant Colonel P D Maud, MBE
  • 1950-1953 Lieutenant Colonel W D Tighe-Wood, MC
  • 1953-1954 Lieutenant Colonel V W Street, DSO, OBE, MC
  • 1954-1957 Lieutenant Colonel P E Crook, DSO, OBE
  • 1957-1960 Lieutenant Colonel M Forrester, DSO, OBE, MC
  • 1960-1962 Lieutenant Colonel R C Gibbs, DSO, MC
  • 1962-1965 Lieutenant Colonel A H Farrar-Hockley, DSO, MBE, MC
  • 1965-1967 Lieutenant Colonel F H Scobie, OBE
  • 1967-1969 Lieutenant Colonel F A Ward-Booth
  • 1969-1971 Lieutenant Colonel P I Chiswell, MBE
  • 1971-1973 Lieutenant Colonel S G Lorimer
  • 1973-1975 Lieutenant Colonel K Spacie, OBE
  • 1975-1978 Lieutenant Colonel P S Morton, OBE
  • 1978-1980 Lieutenant Colonel K Coates, MBE
  • 1980-1982 Lieutenant Colonel H W R Pike, DSO, MBE
  • 1982-1985 Lieutenant Colonel R A Smith, OBE, QGM
  • 1985-1987 Lieutenant Colonel C D Farrar-Hockley, MC
  • 1987-1988 Lieutenant Colonel R D Llewellin
  • 1988-1991 Lieutenant Colonel H M Fletcher, OBE
  • 1991-1994.Lieutenant Colonel T W Burls, MC
  • 1995-1998 Lieutenant Colonel R H Gash
  • 1998-2000 Lieutenant Colonel A C P Kennett, MBE
  • Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Tootal DSO OBE
  • Lieutenant Colonel Huw Williams

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