 The 3rd Parachute Brigade , comprising the 7th Parachute Battalion , previously the 10th Somerset Light Infantry , the 8th Parachute Battalion , converted from 13th Royal Warwickshire Regiment , and the 9th Parachute Battalion , which was previously the 10th Essex Regiment , Parachute Battalions , was formed in November 1943 , and also assigned to the division . Soon afterwards , the 1st Parachute Brigade left the division , to take part in the Operation Torch landings in North Africa . 
