3rd Bn Parachute Regiment
| Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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| . | 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment | . |
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| 1948.07 | 7th Parachute Bn redesignated as 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment | . |
| 1948.07 | Germany: Itzehoe | 16 Indep Para Bde Group |
| 1948.09 | Germany: Hannover | 16 Indep Para Bde Group |
| 1949.10 | England: Waterloo Barracks, Aldershot | 16 Indep Para Bde Group |
| . | 6 - 12 Jun 51: 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. | 16 Indep Para Bde Group |
| . | Jun - Oct 51: Cyprus: Transit | 16 Indep Para Bde Group |
| 1951.10 | Egypt: Canal Zone | 16 Brigade |
| 1954.07 | England: ??? Barracks, Aldershot | 16 Brigade |
| . | Jan - Sep 56: Cyprus, Nicosia Airport (tented camp) | . |
| . | Oct - Nov 56: Cyprus | . |
| . | 5 - 15 Nov 56: Egypt: El Gamil Airfield (Op Musketeer) | . |
| . | Nov - Dec 56: Cyprus, Nicosia | . |
| . | Jun - Jul 58: Cyprus | . |
| . | Jul - Oct 58: Jordan: Amman | . |
| . | Oct 58 - Jan 59: Cyprus | . |
| 1961.10 | Bahrain | . |
| 1962.05 | England: Blenheim Barracks, Aldershot | 16 Brigade |
| 1964.04 | Bahrain | . |
| . | May - 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 |
| 1965.04 | England: Normandy Barracks, Aldershot | 16 Brigade |
| . | Jan - Aug 65: Borneo: D (Patrol) Company | OC Major Peter Chiswell |
| . | Oct 65 - Feb 66: British Guiana | . |
| . | 1968: Ghana | CO Lt Col P Chiswell |
| 1968.12 | Malta: St Andrew's Barracks | . |
| . | 1970 - 20 Mar 70: Libya: El Adem (Company) | . |
| . | 11 Sep 70: 600 officers and men bid farewell to Malta when they trooped their Colours at St Andrew's Barracks. The Governor General Sir Maurice Dorman took the salute. | . |
| 1970.09 | England: Normandy Barracks, Aldershot | 16 Brigade |
| . | 19 Jan - 3 Jun 71: Northern Ireland: (Rural) | . |
| . | 1971: Kenya | . |
| . | May - Oct 72: Cyprus | UNFICYP |
| . | 11 Mar - 14 Jul 73: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Ardoyne) | . |
| . | 23 Feb - 22 Jun 74: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Shankill/Ardoyne) | . |
| . | 6 Oct 75 - 1975: Sudan: Ex JOWAR Khartoum | . |
| . | 15 Apr - 18 Aug 76: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook | . |
| 1977.03 | Germany: Quebec Barracks, Osnabruck | 5 Field Force |
| . | 21 Feb - 20 Jun 78: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Monagh) | . |
| 1980.06 | England: Kandahar Barracks, Tidworth | 8 Field Force |
| . | Dec 80 - 20 Apr 81: Northern Ireland: Armagh [ARB] | . |
| . | Jan 82: Kandahar Barracks, Tidworth | 5 Brigade |
| . | 9 Apr - Jun 82: Falkland Island (Op Corporate) | 3 Commando Brigade |
| 1983.11 | England: Normandy Barracks, Aldershot | 5 Airborne Brigade |
| . | Jun - Dec 86: Cyprus | UN tour |
| 1989.02 | Northern Ireland: Palace Barracks, Belfast | 39 Infantry Brigade |
| 1991.02 | England: Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot | 5 Airborne Brigade |
| . | Mar - Jun 92: Northern Ireland: (Op Gypsy) | . |
| 1995.07 | England: Connaught Barracks, Dover | AMF(L) Bn |
| 2000.08 | England: Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
| . | Dec 01 - Jun 02: Northern Ireland: Rural Roulement Battalion | . |
| . | Feb - Mar 03: Persian Gulf | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
| . | Mar - July 03: Iraq: (Op Telic 1) | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
| . | 2005: Afghanistan | . |
| . | Apr - Oct 06: Afghanistan (Op Herrick 4) | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
| . | Apr - Oct 08: Afghanistan: Helmand Province: (Op Herrick 8) | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
| 2008.10 | England: Merville Barracks, Colchester | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
| . | Oct 10 - Apr 11: Afghanistan (Op Herrick 13) | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
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