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The 1st Parachute Brigade, or the Red Devils, was an airborne forces brigade formed by the British Army during the Second World War. As its name indicates, the unit was the first parachute infantry brigade formation in the British Army.
When planning began for Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942, it was decided to attach the 1st Parachute Brigade, part of the 1st Airborne Division, to the Allied forces taking part, as an American airborne unit, the 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was also to be used
1st Airborne: The brigade was formed in Egypt from British troops based there. Following heavy losses during the Battle of Arnhem, the brigade was merged with the 1st Parachute Brigade. It was disbanded on 10 December 1944. [14] 5th Parachute Brigade: 1 June 1943 N/A UK, France, Germany, British India Normandy, Western Allied invasion of Germany
Brigadier Edwin William Conquest Flavell DSO, MC & Two Bars (22 February 1898 – 29 November 1993) was a British Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II.He served with great distinction during the latter, where he commanded the 1st Parachute Brigade in North Africa and the 6th Airlanding Brigade in Normandy, before becoming Deputy Chief of Staff HQ First Allied Airborne Army.
The 1st (Polish) Independent Parachute Brigade was a parachute brigade under the command of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, created during the Second World War in Scotland in September 1941, with the exclusive mission to drop into occupied Poland in order to help liberate the country.
The existing 11th Special Air Service Battalion was renamed the 1st Parachute Battalion on 15 September 1941, and, together with the newly raised 2nd and 3rd Parachute Battalions, formed the first of the new airborne formations, the 1st Parachute Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Richard Gale, [12] who would later command the 6th Airborne Division from 1943 to 1944. [13]
Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning; also deputy commander of the 1st Airborne Army Organization of I Airborne Corps during Operation Market Garden. 1st Airborne Division, Major-General Roy Urquhart. 1st Parachute Brigade, Brigadier Gerald Lathbury. 1st Parachute Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel David T. Dobie
The third British airborne mission planned was Operation Fustian, to be carried out by the 1st Parachute Brigade, under Brigadier Gerald Lathbury, and scheduled for the night of 13–14 July. [5] The 1st Parachute Brigade's objective was the Primosole bridge, crossing the Simeto River, south of Catania. [6]