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Parachute Regiment

formation of the British Army
Organization airborne_infantry_regiment Q197217

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
airborne infantry regiment, British Airborne forces, British infantry regiment[3][4]
Official website
www.army.mod.uk[16]

Status and dates

Inception
1942[12]

Location

Headquarters location
Colchester Garrison[5]
Country
United Kingdom[2]

Relations

Part of
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team[7]
Has part(s)
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment[8][9][10][11]
More facts +7
Website
www.army.mod.uk
Headquarters
Colchester Garrison
Allegiance
United Kingdom[17]
Conflict
Falklands War, World War II, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Has parts
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
Military branch
British Army[6]
Participated in conflict
Falklands War, World War II, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[13][14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Parachute Regiment en Paras ar فرقة المظلية (المملكة المتحدة) de Parachute Regiment de 16 Air Assault Brigade de British Parachute Regiment es Regimiento Paracaidista he הרגימנט המוצנח he הרגימנט המוצנח (בריטניה) ja パラシュート連隊 ja 空挺連隊 (イギリス軍) ja 落下傘連隊 ja 落下傘連隊 (イギリス軍) ja 落下傘連隊 (イギリス陸軍) ko 낙하산연대 nl Parachute Regiment ru Воздушно-десантные подразделения Великобритании th Parachute Regiment th กรมพลร่ม th ร่มชูชีพ กรมทหาร
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
263417413
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
16th Airborne Division 1953.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
03004646n
Facebook username
PARA
Freebase ID
/m/01_vm6
Instagram username
theparachuteregiment
Museum-digital ID
63840
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007594805305171
Quora topic ID
The-Parachute-Regiment, Parachute-Regiment
Topic's main category
Category:Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
298467

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🔗 Connections
Participated in conflict 3
World War II, Falklands War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Allegiance 1
United Kingdom
Country 1
United Kingdom
Military branch 1
British Army
Part of 1
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team
Participated in 1
Ballymurphy massacre
← FactGrid item ID 1
Ashton Hayes
← Military branch 1
David Clark
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Summary

Parachute Regiment is an airborne infantry regiment[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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