XVII
Commanding Officers
1945-1966
| 17th Parachute Battalion |
| 1945..........Lieutenant Colonel McCardie |
| Absorbed by 7th Parachute Battalion in August 1946 |
| 17th (Durham Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion (TA) |
| Formed from 9th Durham Light Infantry (TA) in 1947 |
| 1947-1948 Lieutenant Colonel J C Slight, DSO |
| Redesignated 17 (DLI) PARA (TA) in July 1948 |
| 17th (Durham Light Infantry) Battalion The Parachute Regiment (TA) |
| 1948..........
Lieutenant Colonel J C Slight, DSO 1948-1950 Lieutenant Colonel T H Birbeck, DSO 1950-1953 Lieutenant Colonel R B Humphries 1953-1956 Lieutenant Colonel J R P Montgomery, MC 1956-1958 Lieutenant Colonel C F O Breese 1958-1960 Lieutenant Colonel W G S Mills 1960-1962 Lieutenant Colonel R E Morton 1962-1965 Lieutenant Colonel H L Carey, TD 1965-1967 Lieutenant Colonel K C Came, OBE |
| Amalgamated with 12/13 PARA (TA) in 1967 to form 4 PARA (V) |