IX
Commanding Officers
1943-1948
| 9th (Eastern & Home Counties) Parachute Battalion |
| Formed from 10th Battalion The Essex Regiment in December 1942 |
| 1943-1944 Lieutenant Colonel M Lindsay 1944-1946 Lieutenant Colonel T C H Otway, DSO 1946-1947 Lieutenant Colonel M A H Butler, DSO, MC 1947-1948 Lieutenant Colonel P C Hinde, DSO |
| Amalgamated with 8th Parachute Battalion in January 1948 to form 8th/9th Parachute Battalion |
| 8th/9th Parachute Battalion |
| 1948..........Lieutenant Colonel J H M Kackett, DSO |
| Disbanded in June 1948 |