18th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/18th_Battalion%2C_The_Parachute_Regiment
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_1st_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:active_years 1940-1946
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:British_Special_Forces
gptkb:British_airborne_forces
gptkbp:battle_honors gptkb:Arnhem
gptkb:Borneo
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Malaya
gptkbp:color Maroon beret
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:Parachute_Brigade
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1946
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:aircraft
Helicopters
Mortars
Combat vehicles
GPMG
Anti-tank weapons
Hand grenades
Bren Gun
Sten Gun
FNFAL
L1 A1 Self-Loading Rifle
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1940
gptkbp:garrison Aldershot
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Colchester
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 18th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
gptkbp:insignia Parachute wings
gptkbp:motto The Sky's the Limit
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Red_Devils
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:John_D._Frost
gptkb:Peter_de_la_Billière
gptkb:John_Mc_Aleese
gptkb:David_Stirling
Robert Lawrence
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Oceania
gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:primary_function airborne operations
gptkbp:role gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:successor gptkb:16_Air_Assault_Brigade
gptkbp:training gptkb:RAF_Brize_Norton
gptkb:RAF_Fairford
Aldershot
gptkbp:type_of parachute regiment