156th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)
The 156th Parachute Battalion was a battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was formed in 1941 from volunteers serving 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)
The 156th Parachute Battalion was a battalion of the Parachute Regiment raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was formed in 1941 from volunteers serving 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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The 156th Parachute Battalion ...... of the 1st Parachute Brigade.
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Cap badge of the Parachute Regiment.
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The emblem of the Second World ...... iding the flying horse Pegasus
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Red Devils
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The 156th Parachute Battalion ...... rigade, 1st Airborne Division.
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151st Parachute Battalion
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156th Parachute Battalion
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