4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment

4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
Cap badge of the Parachute Regiment
Active1942 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeAir assault infantry
RoleAirborne forces
SizeBattalion
≈559 personnel[1]
Part of Parachute Regiment
16 Air Assault Brigade
Garrison/HQLeeds
Nickname(s)The Red Devils
The Paras
Fighting Forth
Motto(s)Utrinque Paratus
(Latin for "Ready for Anything")
MarchQuick—Ride of the Valkyries
Slow—Pomp and Circumstance No 4
Mascot(s)Shetland Pony (Pegasus)
Commanders
Honorary ColonelLt.-Gen. Giles Hill, CB, CBE[2]
Notable
commanders
General Anthony Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC
Insignia
Drop zone flash

The 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (4 PARA), is an Army Reserve unit of the British Army. Now recruiting across the United Kingdom originally the Battalion covered the North of England, with its headquarters located in Pudsey, West Yorkshire. Following the Options for Change review in 1993, 4 PARA amalgamated with the 15th (Scottish) Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (XV PARA), which was downsized and became 15 (Scottish) Company of 4 PARA. As part of further changes in 1999 (Strategic Defence Review), the Battalion also merged with the 10th (Volunteer) Battalion which then became 10 (London) Company.

Under the Army 2020 plan, it formed a reserve air assault infantry battalion of 16 Air Assault Brigade.[3]

  1. ^ "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "No. 63616". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 February 2022. p. 2664.
  3. ^ "Transforming the british Army, an update - July 2013" (PDF). Army.mod.uk. Ministry of Defence. July 2013. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2016.