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Commanding Officers
1941-2000
| 3rd Parachute Battalion |
| 1941-1942 Lieutenant Colonel G W
Lathbury, DSO, MBE 1942-1943 Lieutenant Colonel R G Pine-Coffin, DSO, MC 1943-1944 Lieutenant Colonel E C Yeldham 1944 .........Lieutenant Colonel J A C Fitch 1944-1945 Lieutenant Colonel R T H Lonsdale, DSO 1945-1946 Lieutenant Colonel E P D Brandish 1946-1947 Lieutenant Colonel G P Rickord, DSO |
| Amalgamated with 2 Para Bn to become 2nd/3rd Para Bn in Dec 47 |
| 2nd/3rd Parachute Battalion |
| 1947-1948 Lieutenant Colonel T H Birkbeck, DSO |
| Disbanded in Jun 48 |
| 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
| Formed in July 1948 from 7th (LI) Para Bn |
| 1948-1950 Lieutenant Colonel P D Maud, MBE 1950-1953 Lieutenant Colonel W D Tighe-Wood, MC 1953-1954 Lieutenant Colonel V W Street, DSO, OBE, MC 1954-1957 Lieutenant Colonel P E Crook, DSO, OBE 1957-1960 Lieutenant Colonel M Forrester, DSO, OBE, MC 1960-1962 Lieutenant Colonel R C Gibbs, DSO, MC 1962-1965 Lieutenant Colonel A H Farrar-Hockley, DSO, MBE, MC 1965-1967 Lieutenant Colonel F H Scobie, OBE 1967-1969 Lieutenant Colonel F A Ward-Booth 1969-1971 Lieutenant Colonel P I Chiswell, MBE 1971-1973 Lieutenant Colonel S G Lorimer 1973-1975 Lieutenant Colonel K Spacie, OBE 1975-1978 Lieutenant Colonel P S Morton, OBE 1978-1980 Lieutenant Colonel K Coates, MBE 1980-1982 Lieutenant Colonel H W R Pike, DSO, MBE 1982-1985 Lieutenant Colonel R A Smith, OBE, QGM 1985-1987 Lieutenant Colonel C D Farrar-Hockley, MC 1987-1988 Lieutenant Colonel R D Llewellin 1988-1991 Lieutenant Colonel H M Fletcher, OBE 1991-1994.Lieutenant Colonel T W Burls, MC 1995-1998 Lieutenant Colonel R H Gash 1998-2000 Lieutenant Colonel A C P Kennett, MBE |