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Commanding Officers

1943-1956

 

11th Parachute Battalion
1943-1944 Lieutenant Colonel R M C Thomas

1944..........Lieutenant Colonel G Lea, DSO

Amalgamated with 3rd Parachute Battalion in November 1944, disbanded in November 1945

 

11th (8th Middlesex (DCO)) Parachute Battalion (TA)
Formed from 8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (TA) in 1947
1947-1948 Lieutenant Colonel C F H Gough, MC
Redesignated 11 PARA (TA) in July 1948
11th (8th Middlesex (DCO)) Battalion The Parachute Regiment (TA)
1948-1953 Lieutenant Colonel S Terrell, OBE

1953-1956 Lieutenant Colonel RA Corby, OBE, TD, DL

Reverted to 8 MIDDLESEX (TA) in August 1956

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