2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment

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British Army unit airborne infantry unit infantry battalion

The 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment is an elite airborne infantry battalion of the British Army known for rapid deployment and high-readiness operations.

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Label Occurrences
2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 7
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment canonical 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army unit ⓘ
airborne infantry unit ⓘ
infantry battalion ⓘ
airborneCapability helicopter assault ⓘ
parachute insertion ⓘ
allegiance British Armed Forces ⓘ
basedIn Colchester ⓘ
surface form: Colchester, England
branch British Army ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Operation Banner ⓘ
Operation Herrick ⓘ
Operation Telic ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Suez Crisis ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decorations battle honours of the Parachute Regiment ⓘ
doctrine expeditionary warfare ⓘ
eliteStatus yes ⓘ
equipment air-transportable vehicles ⓘ
light weapons ⓘ
formationYear 1941 ⓘ
garrison Merville Barracks, Colchester ⓘ
motto Utrinque Paratus ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Ready for Anything ⓘ
nickname 2 PARA ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Goose Green ⓘ
Wireless Ridge ⓘ
notableTheatre Afghanistan ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Northwest Europe ⓘ
parentFormation 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ⓘ
partOf Parachute Regiment ⓘ
readinessLevel high-readiness ⓘ
role airborne infantry ⓘ
high-readiness unit ⓘ
rapid deployment force ⓘ
selectionStandard Parachute Regiment selection ⓘ
specialisation air assault operations ⓘ
airborne operations ⓘ
rapid reaction operations ⓘ
training air assault training ⓘ
parachute training ⓘ
type light infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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Parachute Regiment → hasBattalion → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
Operation Biting (Bruneval Raid support lineage) → participatingUnit → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Biting
Battle of Goose Green → militaryUnit → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
Merville Barracks, Colchester → hasUnit → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment → supportsUnit → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team → hasComponent → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
British airborne forces → notableUnit → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones → command → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Herbert Jones
Argentine 25th Infantry Regiment elements → opposedBy → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
Battle of Wireless Ridge → notableUnit → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
Herbert Jones → commanded → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
Wireless Ridge → unitInvolved → 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Wireless Ridge
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment