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Commanding Officers
1940-2000
No 2 Commando/11th Special Air Service Battalion |
| 1940 ..........Lieutenant
Colonel C I A Jackson 1941 ..........Lieutenant Colonel E E Down |
| Redesignated 1st Parachute Battalion in September 1941 |
1st Parachute Battalion |
| 1941-1942 Lieutenant Colonel E E Down 1942 .........Lieutenant Colonel S J L Hill, MC 1942-1943 Lieutenant Colonel A S Pearson, DSO, MC 1943-1944 Lieutenant Colonel P Cleasby-Thompson, MBE, MC 1944 .........Lieutenant Colonel K T Darling, DSO 1944-1945 Lieutenant Colonel D T Dobie, DSO 1945 .........Lieutenant Colonel T C H Pearson, DSO |
| Disbanded 1945 |
1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
| Formed in July 1948 from 4th/6th Parachute Battalion |
| 1948-1950 Lieutenant Colonel J H Cubbon,
OBE 1950-1951 Lieutenant Colonel C H P Harrington, DSO, MC 1951-1952 Lieutenant Colonel D W Jackson 1952-1954 Lieutenant Colonel H L E C Leask, DSO, MC 1954-1956 Lieutenant Colonel J S S Gratton 1957-1959 Lieutenant Colonel G G Reinhold, MC 1959-1961 Lieutenant Colonel J Awdry 1961-1962 Lieutenant Colonel T Pine-Coffin, DSO 1962-1964 Lieutenant Colonel P D F Thursby, OBE 1964-1966 Lieutenant Colonel J D C Graham, OBE 1966-1969 Lieutenant Colonel M J H Walsh, DSO 1969-1971 Lieutenant Colonel M S Gray, OBE 1971-1973 Lieutenant Colonel D Wilford, OBE 1973-1976 Lieutenant Colonel P S Field, MC 1976-1979 Lieutenant Colonel J B Brierley, OBE 1979-1981 Lieutenant Colonel D M G Charles 1981-1984 Lieutenant Colonel I McLeod, OBE, MC 1984-1986 Lieutenant Colonel M D Jackson, MBE 1986-1988 Lieutenant Colonel J G Reith, OBE 1988-1990 Lieutenant Colonel R W Trigger, MBE 1990-1993 Lieutenant Colonel A W J Kennett 1993-1995 Lieutenant Colonel G J J McFall 1995-1998 Lieutenant Colonel J G James, MBE 1998- 2000 Lieutenant Colonel P M Gibson |