List of former Parachute Regiment personnel

The list includes those individuals who were, or have claimed to have served in the Parachute Regiment (regular or Territorial Army) of the British Army:

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Michael Asher – author and desert explorer
Ian Bailey – Military Medal recipient during the Falklands War (1982)
David Barnes – British welterweight boxing champion^[1]
David Blakeley – actor^[2]
Vince Bramley – author
Nick Brown – SAS Soldier †
Bryan Budd VC – Victoria Cross recipient †
Mark Burnett – television producer and Falklands War veteran
Karl Bushby – adventurer and author
Frank Carson – comedian and Operation Musketeer veteran
Eddie Collins – SAS Soldier †
Charlie Christodoulou – Angolan War mercenary †
Lewis Collins – actor
Billy Connolly – actor and comedian
Bernard Cribbins – actor
Carl Crook – British and Commonwealth lightweight boxing champion
Peter Cundall – television presenter
Paddy Doyle – World Record breaking multi-disciplinary athlete
Andrew Edge – 4 PARA
Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC – NATO's Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe †
Dair Farrar-Hockley MC
'Johnny' Frost – Operation Market Garden veteran †
Costas Georgiou (also known as "Colonel Callan") – Angolan War mercenary †
Tony Geraghty – author
Frederick Gough – Former MP for Horsham †
Ben Griffin – Anti-War on Terror spokesman
John Grayburn VC – Victoria Cross recipient
Herbert 'H' Jones VC – Victoria Cross recipient †
Tim Healy – actor
Jon Hollingsworth CGC QGM – SAS soldier †
Robin Horsfall – author and martial-arts expert
Sir Mike Jackson – former British Army Chief of the General Staff
Dan Jarvis – Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central
Edward Lake – Special Air Service
Tom McClean – World Record breaking Atlantic sailer
Ian McKay VC – Victoria Cross recipient †
John McDonald – British boxing and darts MC
Sean Olsson – Winter Olympics bobsleigh bronze medalist
Alastair Pearson DSO and 3 Bars MC – former Member of Parliament †
Sir Hew Pike KCB DSO MBE [1]
John Pine-Coffin – Operation Musketeer veteran †
Richard Pine-Coffin, DSO and Bar, MC †
David Purley – F1, F3 and F5000 racing driver George Medal recipient †
Lionel Ernest Queripel VC – Victoria Cross recipient †
Peter Ratcliffe DCM MID – author
Trevor Rees-Jones – Dodi Al-Fayed and Diana, Princess of Wales' former bodyguard
Ewan Ross – actor
Chris Ryan – author and television presenter
Arthur Sharpe – Member 1st Parachute Regiment 1941
Al Slater MM – SAS soldier †
Sir James Spicer
Richard Todd – actor
Steve Truglia – world record-breaking attemptee
Dean Ward – Winter Olympic bobsleigh bronze medalist
David Waterman – British Sports Photographer of the Year 1974, World Press Photo
Michael Willetts GC – George Cross recipient †
Mark Wright GC – George Cross recipient †
Rav Wilding – television presenter

References

^ David Barnes.
^ David Blakeley.

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