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The 156th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was formed from volunteers in India initially numbered the 151st Parachute Battalion and assigned to the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade. It was then decided they were no longer required in India, so the battalion was renumbered the 156th Parachute Battalion and moved to the Middle East to join the 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division.

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  • 156th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
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  • The 156th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was formed from volunteers in India initially numbered the 151st Parachute Battalion and assigned to the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade. It was then decided they were no longer required in India, so the battalion was renumbered the 156th Parachute Battalion and moved to the Middle East to join the 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division.
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Branch
command structure
  • 4(xsd:integer)
  • 50(xsd:integer)
Role
identification symbol
  • 200(xsd:integer)
Nickname
  • Red Devils
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Type
identification symbol label
  • The emblem of the Second World war British Airborne Forces, Bellerophon riding the flying horse Pegasus
Caption
  • Cap badge of the Parachute Regiment
Dates
  • 1941(xsd:integer)
Unit Name
  • 156(xsd:integer)
notable commanders
  • Lieutenant-Colonel M. C. R. Hose
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard de B. Des Voeux
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  • One battalion
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  • The 156th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was formed from volunteers in India initially numbered the 151st Parachute Battalion and assigned to the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade. It was then decided they were no longer required in India, so the battalion was renumbered the 156th Parachute Battalion and moved to the Middle East to join the 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division. The battalion fought in the Allied invasion of Italy and the Battle of Arnhem where heavy casualties resulted in the disbanding of the battalion, the surviving men being distributed amongst the battalions of the 1st Parachute Brigade.
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