List of former Parachute Regiment personnel information
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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:
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Michael Asher – SAS (Reserve) soldier, author and desert explorer
Ian Bailey – Military Medal recipient during the Falklands War
Chay Blyth – Solo Yachtsman & Atlantic rower.
Nick Brown – SAS Soldier †
Charles (Nish) Bruce QGM – 22 SAS Sergeant & Pilot
Bryan Budd – VC recipient †
Mark Burnett – television producer and Falklands War veteran
Karl Bushby – adventurer and author
Frank Carson – comedian and Operation Musketeer veteran
Charlie Christodoulou, Angolan War mercenary †
Eddie Collins – SAS Soldier †
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*, MC †
Dair Farrar-Hockley MC
Joshua French – prisoner on death row of Democratic Republic of Congo
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