XVI
Commanding Officers
1945-1956
| 16th (British) Parachute Battalion |
| Formed from 1st Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment in January 1945 |
| 1945..........Lieutenant
Colonel P G F Young 1945-1946 Lieutenant Colonel A W E Daniell |
| Disbanded in 1946 |
| 16th (Welsh) Parachute Battalion (TA) |
| Reformed in 1947 |
| 1947-1948 Lieutenant Colonel J T Ballantyne, DSO, MC |
| Redesignated 16 (Welsh) PARA (TA) in July 1948 |
| 1948..........Lieutenant
Colonel J T Ballantyne, DSO, MC 1948-1951 Lieutenant Colonel B C Bradford, DSO, MC 1951-1952 Lieutenant Colonel F F Powell 1952-1953 Major D F Cunliffe, MC 1953-1956 Lieutenant Colonel P C Hinde, DSO 1956..........Lieutenant Colonel W R Crawshaw |
| Disbanded in October 1956 |