Andika mwendelezo wa aya hii - 3 Parachute Brigade iliundwa Novemba 1942 na kupewa 1 Airborne Division. Kikosi hicho, chini ya Brigadier Alexander Stanier, ilikuwa na 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion, hapo awali ilikuwa 10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion, iliyobadilishwa kutoka 13th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, na 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion, hapo awali ilikuwa 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Muda mfupi baadaye, 1 Parachute Brigade kushoto mgawanyiko, kushiriki katika operesheni Torch, Allied kutua katika Afrika ya Kaskazini
, na kuishia kushiriki katika shughuli nyingi katika Afrika ya Kaskazini, ingawa kupigana katika jukumu infantry.