17th Parachute Battalion (United Kingdom)

February 2018 February 2018 17th Parachute Battalion Parachute Regiment cap badge.jpg 200 Cap badge of the Parachute Regiment United Kingdom United Kingdom Infantry Airborne forces Battalion 1st Parachute Brigade6th Parachute Brigade Red DevilsOtway, p.88 Utrinque Paratus (Latin for "Ready for Anything") 200px The emblem of the Second World War British Airborne Forces, Bellerophon riding the flying horse Pegasus The 17th Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, which was raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Regular army The battalion was raised in August 1945 and assigned to the reformed 1st Parachute Brigade. It was posted to Palestine with the 6th Airborne Division later that year. Post war reductions in the army resulted in the battalion being amalgamated with the 7th Parachute Battalion in 1946, keeping the number of the senior battalion.25 March 2011 Paradata.org 17th Parachute Battalion http://www.paradata.org.uk/units/17th-parachute-battalion-ta https://web.archive.org/web/20100811144036/http://www.paradata.org.uk/units/17th-parachute-battalion-ta 11 August 2010 dead dmy-all Territorial Army In 1947, a Territorial Army battalion was raised from the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. The new battalion, the 17th (Durham Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion (TA), served in the 6th Parachute Brigade, 16th Airborne Division. Defence cuts in 1967 saw the battalion being amalgamated with the 12th/13th Parachute Battalion (which had been formed in 1956 by the merger of the 12th (Yorkshire) and the 13th (Lancashire) battalions)13 February 2013 Paradata.org 12th Parachute Battalion http://www.paradata.org.uk/units/12th-parachute-battalion-ta 25 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725085944/http://www.paradata.org.uk/units/12th-parachute-battalion-ta dead to become the 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment. References Category:British Parachute Regiment Battalions Category:Military units and formations established in 1945 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1946 Category:Military units and formations established in 1947 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1967