 Corps of Military Police |
 Royal Military Police |
. . . . . .as the years roll by. . . . . .
My initial two months (March - May 1946) were spent infantry training
with the Royal Norfolk Regiment, Britannia Barracks, Norwich.
1. May 46 – October 46. . . . . . . . Mychett Depot
2. October 46 – November 46. . . . . . . Horsham, 48th Div
3. (Nov/Dec). . . . . . . To Egypt via Dover, Calais, Toulon, Port Said, Almaza
4. December 46 – January 49. . . . Salonika (SIB att.)
5. January 49 – October 49. . . . . . UK doing nothing
6. October 49 – November 49. . . . SIB course at Woking, Surrey
7. November 49 – February 50. . . .HQ SIB, Russell Square, London
8. February 50 – August 54. . . . . . .93 SIS, Trieste, Italy
9. September 54 – August 55. . . . . BCFK Japan/Korea
10 August 55 – August 57. . . . . . . . Singapore SIB
11. August 57 – February 60. . . . . . .SIB UK, Salisbury
12. February 60 – March 63. . . . . . . 87 Section, Celle, Germany
13. March 63 – March 64. . . . . . . . . HQ SIB, Gt Scotland Yard, London
14. April 64 – May 66. . . . . . . . . . . Aden SIB
15. May 66 – February 68. . . . . . . . HQ SIB, Rheindalen, Germany
16. February 68 – August 68. . . . . .Cyprus UN SIB
17. August 68 – April 71. . . . . . . . . Dusseldorf SIB, Germany
18. April 71 – October 71. . . . . . . . HQ SIB, Gt Scotland Yard, London
19. October 71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Became a whinging civvy.
And there you have it. . .25 years in 19 lines
Wellington asked for a Provost Marshal to be appointed to hang looters and by the end of the Peninsular War the Provost Marshal controlled 24 Assistant Provost Marshals. The assistants were also authorised to hang offenders and eventually each division had its own Assistant Provost Marshal.