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Commanding Officers
1943-1967
| 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion |
| Formed from 10th (East Riding Yeomanry) Battalion The Green Howards in May 1943 |
| 1943-1944 Lieutenant Colonel R G Parker 1944 ..........Lieutenant Colonel A P Johnson 1944 ..........Lieutenant Colonel W A B Harris, MC 1944 ..........Lieutenant Colonel N C Stockwell 1944-1946 Lieutenant Colonel K T Darling, DSO 1946..........Major D R W Webber |
| Disbanded in July 1946, reformed as 12th Parachute Battalion (TA) in 1947 |
| 12th Parachute Battalion (TA) |
| 1947..........Lieutenant Colonel G N Lea |
| 12th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (TA) |
| 1948-1949 Lieutenant Colonel G N Lea 1949-1951 Lieutenant Colonel O G Brooke, DSO, MBE 1951-1954 Lieutenant Colonel R B Marshall 1954-1956 Lieutenant Colonel J W B Marshall |
| Amalgamated with 13 PARA (TA) in October 1956 to form 12/13 PARA (TA) |
| 12th/13th (Yorks & Lancs) Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
| 1956 ..........Lieutenant
Colonel J W B Marshall 1956-1957 Lieutenant Colonel R Crawshaw, OBE 1957-1961 Lieutenant Colonel G Pollard, OBE, MC, MM, TD 1961-1964 Lieutenant Colonel G W Hawkes, MC 1964-1967 Lieutenant Colonel P J O'Kane |
| Amalgamated with 17 PARA (TA) in April 1967 to form 4 PARA (V) |