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Regimental police or regimental provost (RP) are soldiers responsible for regimental discipline enforcement and unit custody [1] [2] in the British Army, other Commonwealth armies and some armed forces structured in the British tradition.
Red Beret-wearing, British, Royal Military Police member uses field glasses to look across the Berlin Wall from a viewing platform on the western side, 1984. An RMP member during Operation Herrick in Afghanistan, in 2012. A horse detachment of the Royal Military Police remained in service after World War II, being recreated in 1950.
In the British Army and land forces of the Commonwealth, a provost sergeant (sometimes abbreviated to Provo Sgt) is the non-commissioned officer in charge of the regimental provost staff (or regimental police) and is responsible to the regimental sergeant major for the maintenance of good order and military discipline in a regiment or battalion. [1]
The 1st Regiment, Royal Military Police (1 RMP [1]) is a military policing unit of the British Army which was formed during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, but disbanded in 1985 following cuts to the RMP in the region.
A parallel Military Foot Police (MFP) was formed in 1885 for campaign service in Egypt, though it was established as a Permanent Corps later the same year. The Military Mounted Police first engaged in combat in 1882 at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir. [1] Although technically two independent corps, the two effectively functioned as a single ...
Administrative control of other Royal Military Police Brigade units rest under GOC Regional Command. Defence Serious Crimes Unit (DSCU), at Bulford; 1st Regiment, Royal Military Police, at Gaza Barracks, Catterick Garrison; 3rd Regiment, Royal Military Police, at Wing Barracks, Bulford Camp
Royal Military Police (RMP) [33] Military Provost Staff (MPS) [34] Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) [35] Royal Corps of Army Music - 14 + 20 bands [36] Royal Army Chaplains' Department - approx. 150 [37] Small Arms School Corps [38] Royal Army Physical Training Corps [39] General Service Corps; Royal Army Medical Service - 9 + 15 units [40 ...
The Namurs – Royal Irish Regiment (from their battle honour of 'Namur' gained in 1695, the first such honour granted to a regiment of the British Army) [1] [58] [4] [64] The Nanny Goats – The Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] [58] The Night-Jars – 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment (after the nocturnal bird, for its success in night attacks ...