Parachute Regiment

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Australian_Parachute_Battalion
gptkb:Canadian_Airborne_Regiment
gptkb:US_82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:awardedVictoriaCross 23
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Rhine
gptkb:Arnhem_1944
gptkb:Falkland_Islands_1982
gptkb:Normandy_Landing
gptkbp:beret_colour maroon
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:current_colonel_commandant gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Sir_John_Lorimer
gptkbp:first_colonel_commandant gptkb:Frederick_Browning
gptkbp:founded 1942
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Merville_Barracks,_Colchester
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Parachute Regiment
gptkbp:insignia winged parachute with crown
gptkbp:motto Ready for Anything
Utrinque Paratus
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Paras
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Operation_Herrick
gptkb:Operation_Telic
gptkb:Suez_Crisis
gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:numberOfBattalions 3
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:16_Air_Assault_Brigade
gptkbp:regiment gptkb:Parachute_Regimental_Association
gptkbp:regimentalColour maroon
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:Ride_of_the_Valkyries
gptkb:The_Red_Beret
gptkbp:regimentalMuseum gptkb:Airborne_Assault_Museum
gptkbp:role airborne infantry
gptkbp:selection_course gptkb:P_Company
gptkbp:training_centre gptkb:Parachute_Regiment_Training_Company,_Catterick
gptkbp:website https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/parachute-regiment/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4