The 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, is a battalion of the Parachute Regiment within the British Army and forms the principal component of the Special Forces Support Group, a tri-service formation t
Cap badge of the Parachute Regiment
The Parachute Regiment, known colloquially as the Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army. The first battalion is part of the Special Forces Support Group under the oper
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment
…The 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), is a battalion of the Parachute Regiment within the British Army and forms the principal component of the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG), a tri-service formation that includes personnel…
British parachute troops on exercise in Norwich 23 June 1941
Parachute training (1942)
British paratrooper of the 8th Parachute Battalion armed with the Sten gun wearing the airborne forces steel helmet and the Denison Smock (1943).
September 1953 parachute exercise by the 16th Airborne Division