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                                                                  to Les Hooper's World

                                                  

                                                                         
A self portrait. Well, all great artists do it

                                                                                    
                                        
Corps of Military Police                                                                                                 Royal Military Police
                                                                                                                       
                                          

                                                    Be Prepared for pleasant Surprises and Entertainment
                       
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                                               . . . . . .as the years roll by. . . . . .  

                                          
My initial two months (March - May 1946) were spent infantry training with the 
                                           Royal Norfolk Regiment, Britannia Barracks, Norwich, Norfolk
                                                    

                                          
1.                  May 46 – October 46. . . . . . . . Mychett Depot
                                           2.                  Oct 46 – November 46. . . . . . . Horsham, 48th Div
                                           3.                  (November/December). . . . . . . To Egypt via Dover, Calais, Toulon, Port Said, Almaza 
                                           4.                  December 46 – January 49. . . .  Salonika, Greece (4th Brit Div)
                                           5.                  January 49 – October 49. . . . . . UK doing nothing
                                           6.                  October 49 – November 49. . . . SIB course at Woking
                                           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.


                                                                                 BREAKING NEWS
A new website about the Special Investigation Branch is now on line at: http://www.olderandbolder.org/forum/index.php


                                                                       It was tough in those days.
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.