Meet 116 Provost Company 1 Regiment Royal Military Police

There's lots of different roles available with the Army Reserve, but did you know that the military has its own police? 116 Provost Company are based in Manchester and Cannock, drawing personnel from diverse backgrounds.
Find out more about what they do and how you could get involved!

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

First encounter with RMP: I passed out from Infantry depot Lichfield in 1979. Waiting to join my battalion in Derry for my first Banner tour, I was stuck on rear party until I turned 18 (you couldn’t go to Northern Ireland until you were 18). One night I was drinking in the NAAFI with a pleasant older lad, I’ll call him Bill. We shared a beer and as a sprog it was really cool to chat with an experienced soldier. I can’t remember why Bill was not on tour with the battalion. He said goodnight, strolled over from the NAAFI to B Coy lines (my Company). Very few soldiers there obviously, just rear party blokes. Bill, who wasn’t obviously drunk, grabbed a pick-helf (pickaxe handle), entered a lad’s room. The lad was fast asleep and on his own. I didn’t know him but think he was an assault pioneer temporarily accommodated in B Coy lines. Bill smashed his skull in whilst he slept. He died almost instantly. Then Bill set off looking for more victims Oblivious to this (I must have left the NAAFI 30mins later), I entered B Coy lines by the same entrance, noticed RMPs in the corridor with the strip-Lights on. The guard had been despatched to check all Coy lines. The bedroom door was open and I saw congealed blood and brain stuck to the polystyrene ceiling. I had no idea what was going on. Another badly injured sleeping soldier was found but survived. When it became clear who the murderer was I told the RMP that I was a witness. Without even taking a statement the investigation team waited until I was in Derry before calling me back for an aggressive interview. In that time we lost a bloke in Derry during a dreadful incident in which an innocent civvy was killed. It gave a me an entrenched dislike for RMP. The RMP had its work to do but often doesn’t endear itself to soldiers in combat situations. I’m sure they’re far more professional today. PS. This happened in BAOR.

[@monalisadavinci9555]

Happy New Year from Latvia, all respect.. Lot's of Love!!!!!

[@johndargavel3226]

Congratulations Tommo. Great stuff.

[@Arthur54321]

Great bit of Slug Balancing at 1: 45. Well done that man thought I was back in 1977. Go Watchdogs.

[@geordiewishart1683]

Watchdog. That takes me back! Hello sunray, request coffeepot to my location. Seagull has issues with foxhound. Or some such!! Out

[@richardpowell4305]

Good work. I’m ex TARMP in the 90s and so much has changed and so much more opportunity

[@KumaBean]

My eyesights letting me down over the last few years, at first glance I thought you’d written ‘I’m an ex tramp’, sorry mate 🤣 🍻

[@ashzombie9042]

Darin and I were wondering if they also act as opportunities looking for someone to train like pj paramedics

[@five-eyes666]

Jim Sorbie, a possible legend in your ranks!

[@davidwood4783]

Where could i get one of those badges from ? As i have a ex military police landrover from that Regiment..

[@monalisadavinci9555]

Blesss 🤗🎇🇱🇻🌟

[@Whitt0709]

Everyone loves them in the army

[@stewartrimmer8327]

Not

[@marklloyd4087]

NOT 😂, glorified carpark attendance.

[@georgelambert7596]

but no one in the army likes the military police

[@philsansom7617]

Even their mothers hate them!

[@crusader8626]

Aw look at them playing infantry🥺😂 you wish you could be us...😂

[@m3photo726]

Is there any specific reason for the need to have the words Royal Military Police written on the badge twice?

[@hudsondonnell444]

For training purposes! 😁

[@hudsondonnell444]

The camouflaged Fuzz!

[@xmanykl4400]

What does ER stands for?

[@mjspice100]

Elizabeth Regina…

[@xmanykl4400]

@@mjspice100 Thank you. That's the name of Queen Elizabeth II?

[@mjspice100]

@@xmanykl4400 in Latin. Windsor is the family name, originally Saxe-Coburg-Gotha but was changed during WW1 due to anti German sentiments at the time. They wanted to make it as British as possible.

[@user-ul2nx8gs8l]

@@xmanykl4400 yessir

[@xmanykl4400]

@@mjspice100 Thank you.

[@Ravemastergeneral-fn1mc]

Nice breeches

[@geordiewishart1683]

I highly recommend a series of autobiographical books written by ex civpol and ex rmp cop Wally Payne. First book is called A Monkey's Tale. Having fallen foul of the chief con in a provincial police force in the 1960s, he then joined RMP where he went from one dodge to another, ending up as an LE officer. Very funny read.

[@icarustheother8591]

Marshall the horses for one and done

[@AlecFlackie]

PTIs are still choosing vests a size too small I see 😆

[@BadPenny]

You allow NCOs to mince around with their hands in pockets? Not in my day!🙈

[@JammyDodger45]

They do allow hand in pockets but they don't allow phrases like 'mince around'. Times have changed fella

[@lachlanchester8142]

@@JammyDodger45 uh they don’t allow hands in pockets

[@JammyDodger45]

@@lachlanchester8142 - really? Feel free to link me into the QR which makes hands in pockets 'illegal'.

[@lachlanchester8142]

@@JammyDodger45 well nobody said it was illegal don’t know where you got that from, it is against the rules though

[@JammyDodger45]

@@lachlanchester8142 - link me to the 'rule' then (although Queens Regulations are the definitive rule book).

[@mjspice100]

I was a police officer with the BTP, I wanted to join the TA RMP but they wouldn’t let me. I tried twice, once in the 1980s and once in the 1990s. The BTP were very hostile towards us joining the TA which I feel was a pity..

[@corporate_marshmallow]

so you were a fake cop trying to be a fake army cop...WOW

[@mjspice100]

@@corporate_marshmallow I guess you wrote this for a reaction, normally I wouldn’t bother but I’ll make an exception just for you.. Thank you, random stranger, for your devaluation of a 32 year career, your devaluation of a police force whose history predates the MPS and finally for your devaluation of the Army Reserve and its members.. WOW! Of course I know nothing about you but your one short sentence has given me a shrewd idea of what type of person you are, but before I go into that, I must admit your short sentence did give me a chance to reflect on my career as a “fake cop”. What did I do? What did I achieve? I’m retired now and have been for the last 6 years, during my service I served in a variety of roles, mostly on the front line dealing with a whole host of incidents ranging from minor byelaw offences, public order, theft, robbery, fraud, assaults (from common assault through to GBH) and even managed a couple of stints on murder investigation teams. Then there were the suicides, walking along railway line picking up dismembered pieces of human remains, there were the rail disasters, I never have forgotten the Ladbroke Grove train crash and hearing mobile phones ringing inside the wrecked carriages, relatives, husbands, wives trying to contact their missing partners. This of course is just a short overview of what I did in my career, it didn’t feel fake to me but then what do I know compared with your obvious depth of knowledge? Still as you say, fake cop… Let’s go into what my perception of you is.. You’re a baiter. Of course as a BTP officer (fake cop if you insist) I got used to being baited from time to time, it went with the territory. I met some good baiters, bad baiters, some excellent baiters. You, however stand out the most.. You’re a master-baiter..

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@corporate_marshmallow which part of The Job or Mob were you in?

[@soonerfrac4611]

Written about the US Army Military Police. Supporting The Three "I am the Infantry, follow me Not a foot soldier, we're much more you see We'll take the fight to the enemy I am the Infantry, first of THE THREE." "I am the Cavalry, follow me A modern day horse soldier in an APC Charging straight forward to the enemy I am the Cav, most daring of THE THREE." "I am the Armor, follow me The arm of decision I'll always be When the going gets rough, call on me I am Armor, the best of THE THREE." "Armor, Cav and Infantry Rush headlong into the melee Breaking the lines like an angry sea Deep into enemy territory." "Approaching a crossroads, what do we see The area secured by two lonely MPs Directing us forward, how can this be How long has he been here waiting for me?" "What a crazy person an MP must be He has no firepower or armor like me And I thought everyone followed THE THREE." "Armor, Cav and Infantry I am the MP, don't follow me You don't want to be where I will be Guarding a crossroad, waiting for THE THREE Just my partner, a sixteen, a sixty and me." "With the objective taken, wait and see No one will remember the lonely MP Who held this ground so they could run free But that's my job, supporting THE THREE!"

[@romeo9017]

The berets are a disgrace…

[@soonerfrac4611]

Y’all Brits wear your French floppy hats strange anyway.

[@markhall1545]

@@soonerfrac4611 I've never seen an American yet who can wear a beret. They all look like they've been dropped from a great height and just left there on the head!!

[@MultiPorkpie]

How can police fight in a war he or she would be arresting soilders for killing people

[@soonerfrac4611]

Military police around the world perform various tasks, and none of are for killing the enemy during open combat. Not a comprehensive list but here’s some of the tasks. Guard POW’s. Find, apprehend and return deserters. Protect key crossroads or other strategic places. Protect facilities in vulnerable areas from counter attacks, espionage, and insurgent forces. Conduct investigations into criminal activity committed by allied forces. Guard allied troops found to have committed crimes. Guard key leadership. Route reconnaissance and security. So much more.

[@vanpallandt5799]

Why?

[@nzgunnie]

no, in the British Army that happens 20 - 40 years later, once you are an OAP.

[@davecheese9134]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@soldierssoldier.1503]

Mainly arrest drunken soldiers and other military idiots, my best golf partner was a WO2 (Quartermaster) in the RMP a 6'9 giant of a guy, known by many he served for 25 years played Rugby for the RMPs for 18 years. God Bless Mick.

[@Ravemastergeneral-fn1mc]

Stop monkeying about