Parachute Regiment

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airborne infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Parachute Regiment is an elite airborne infantry regiment of the British Army renowned for its rapid deployment capabilities and distinguished combat history.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)	3
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment	1
British Army Parachute Regiment	1
Parachute Regiment insignia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airborne infantry regiment ⓘ regiment of the British Army ⓘ
allegiance	Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: King Charles III
battleHonour	Operation Market Garden ⓘ surface form: Arnhem 1944 Goose Green ⓘ Mount Longdon ⓘ Operation Overlord ⓘ surface form: Normandy 1944
beretColour	maroon ⓘ
branch	Army ⓘ
capBadge	Bellerophon riding Pegasus ⓘ
conflict	Falklands War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Malayan Emergency ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War Suez Crisis ⓘ The Troubles ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: War in Afghanistan
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
decorations	Victoria Cross recipients ⓘ
doctrine	airborne assault ⓘ light role infantry operations ⓘ
formed	1942 ⓘ
garrison	Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ
hasBattalion	Parachute Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
hasReserveBattalion	4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
motto	Utrinque Paratus ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation	Ready for Anything ⓘ
nickname	The Paras ⓘ
notableOperation	Operation Corporate ⓘ Operation Herrick ⓘ Operation Market Garden ⓘ Operation Telic ⓘ
parentFormation	16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ
reputation	elite unit ⓘ rapid reaction force ⓘ
role	airborne infantry ⓘ rapid deployment force ⓘ
selection	P Company ⓘ
service	British Armed Forces ⓘ
specialisation	air assault operations ⓘ airborne operations ⓘ
trainingLocation	Catterick Garrison ⓘ
type	light infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merville Barracks, Colchester → garrisonFor → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

Parachute Regiment → hasBattalion → Parachute Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment

British Army → hasBranch → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

Merville Barracks, Colchester → hasCategory → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

Mark Burnett → militaryBranch → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

Aden Emergency → militaryForceUsed → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

The Paras → officialName → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

P Company → operatedBy → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → partOf → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment → partOf → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment → partOf → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

Utrinque Paratus → partOf → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parachute Regiment insignia

P Company → primaryUnit → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

Special Forces Support Group → recruitsFrom → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

Netheravon Airfield → usedBy → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

Utrinque Paratus → usedBy → Parachute Regiment ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army Parachute Regiment