| Dates | Locations | Higher Formation | Remarks |
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| 1948.07 | 7th Parachute Bn redesignated as 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment | | |
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| 1948.07 | Germany: Itzehoe | | |
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| 1948.09 | Germany: Hannover | | |
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1949.10 | England: Waterloo Barracks, Aldershot
6 June - 12 June: With only 72 hrs notice, 3 Para embarked Portsmouth on HMT Devonshire to Abadan with rest of 16 Ind Para Bde to retake oil wells after Mossadeq confiscation. Washington forbade this move a day or so later, so HMT Devonshire was rerouted in Med. to Cyprus and disembarked at Famagusta by lighter.
June 51 - Oct 51: Cyprus | 16 Brigade
16 Brigade
16 Brigade | Transit |
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| 1951.10 | Egypt: Canal Zone | 16 Brigade | |
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1954.07 | England: ??? Barracks, Aldershot
Jan 56 - Sept 56: Cyprus, Nicosia Airport (tented camp)
Oct 56 - Nov 56: Cyprus
5 Nov 56 - 15 Nov 56: Egypt: El Gamil Airfield (Op Musketeer)
Nov 56 - Dec 56: Cyprus, Nicosia
June 58 - July 58: Cyprus
July 58 - Oct 58: Jordan: Amman
Oct 58 - Jan 59: Cyprus | 16 Brigade
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| 1961.10 | Bahrain | | |
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| 1962.05 | England: Blenheim Barracks, Aldershot | 16 Brigade | |
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1964.04 | Bahrain
May 64 - Aug 64: Aden
1964: Aden (B Coy att 45 Cdo)
1964: D Company in the Radfan. Last company from 3 Para to serve there | | OC Major S Ellwood |
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1965.04 | England: Normandy Barracks, Aldershot
Jan - Aug 65: Borneo: D (Patrol) Company
Oct 65 - Feb 66: British Guiana
1968: Ghana
Dec 68 - 1969: Malta: St Andrew's Barracks
1970 - 20 Mar 70: Libya: El Adem (Company)
19 Jan 71 - 3 June 71: Northern Ireland: (Rural)
1971: Kenya
May 72 - Oct 72: Cyprus
11 Mar 73 - 14 July 73: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Ardoyne)
23 Feb 74 - 22 June 74: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Shankill/Ardoyne)
6 Oct 75 - 1975: Sudan: Ex JOWAR Khartoum
15 Apr 76 - 18 Aug 76: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook | 16 Brigade
UNFICYP
| OC Major Peter Chiswell
CO Lt Col P Chiswell
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| 1977.03 | Germany: Quebec Barracks, Osnabruck
21 Feb 78 - 20 June 78: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Monagh) | 5 Field Force
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1980.06 | England: Kandahar Barracks, Tidworth
Dec 80 - 20 Apr 81: Northern Ireland: Armagh [ARB]
Jan 82: Kandahar Barracks, Tidworth
9 Apr 82 - June 82: Falkland Island (Op Corporate) | 8 Field Force
5 Brigade
3 Commando Brigade | |
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| 1983.11 | England: Normandy Barracks, Aldershot | 5 Airborne Brigade | |
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| 1989.02 | Northern Ireland: Palace Barracks, Belfast | 39 Infantry Brigade | |
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1991.02 | England: Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot
Mar 92 - June 92: Northern Ireland: (Op Gypsy) | 5 Airborne Brigade
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| 1995.07 | England: Connaught Barracks, Dover | AMF(L) Bn | |
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2000.08 | England: Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester
Dec 01 - ?? 02: Northern Ireland:
Feb 03 - Mar 03: Persian Gulf
Mar 03 - July 03: Iraq: (Op Telic 1)
2005: Afghanistan
Apr 06 - Nov 06: Afghanistan (Op Herrick 4)
Apr 08 - Oct 08: Afghanistan: Helmand Province: (Op Herrick 8) | 16 Air Assault Brigade
16 Air Assault Brigade
16 Air Assault Brigade
16 Air Assault Brigade
16 Air Assault Brigade | |
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| 2008.10 | England: Merville Barracks, Colchester | 16 Air Assault Brigade | |