VII
Commanding Officers
1944-1947
| 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion |
| Formed from 10th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry in November 1942 |
| 1944-1947 Lieutenant Colonel R G Pine-Coffine, DSO, MC |
| Absorbed 17th Parachute Battalion in July 1946 |
| 1947..........Lieutenant
Colonel T C H Pearson, DSO 1947-1948 Lieutenant Colonel P D Maud |
| Redesignated 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment in July 1948 |