16th Parachute Brigade Group is formed after the disbandment of 6th Airborne Division with three battalions of the Parachute Regiment and serves primarily in Europe, Iraq and the Canal Zone in Egypt.
In 1954 the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment required a replacement ‘Sabre’ (fighting) squadron for deployment during the ‘Emergency’ in Malaya. The Parachute Regiment were invited to provide the personnel. Some 80 officers and men were selected from a large number of volunteers to form the Independent Parachute squadron under command of Major EWD Coventry.
about Malaya
In October 1951 the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade flew into Egypt with its three Parachute Battalions following the overthrow of King Farouk by General Neguib and Colonel Abd al-Nasser. Anti-British sentiment had accompanied the coup d’etat. The rest of the brigade with its heavy equipment arrived by sea.
about Canal Zone Egypt
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Sierra Leone (Operations Palliser and Barras)
On 7 May 2000 1 PARA group less A company but reinforced by D Company
about Sierra Leone (Operations Palliser and Barras)
British Guiana
In October 1965 3 PARA was deployed to British Guiana (now Guyana) in South America
about British Guiana
Falklands (Operation Corporate)
On 2 April 1982 Argentina invaded Port Stanley – the capital of the Falkland Islands
about Falklands (Operation Corporate)