Many of them lost their lives, and the survivors were changed forever.
British military police ww1. The 375 names within are grouped by the geographical area/theatre of combat in which they died, and comprise. This is a guide to the records of british army soldiers who served in the first world war. The australian government refused to allow death sentences to be carried out on their.
Metropolitan police ww1 roll of honour. The british executed 321 for military offences, plus an unknown number of indian soldiers. Boy abdul latif zainu s.s.
Serving in the great war. Australian troops in the front lines in france, 1917. Military mounted police, military police.
Some first world war veterans continued to serve with the army after the war and for the records of. A career in the royal military police is varied and extremely challenging. Before the first world war began, the british intelligence service was extremely small.
The commonwealth war graves commission has 451 recorded ww1 deaths for the military police corps. The pistol in british military service during the. The policing capability required by the army in the uk, germany and other overseas stations is provided by the rmp.
The book, which is displayed in a glazed wooden case, has no frontispiece. Although technically two independent corps, these two effectively functioned as a single. Thousands of men served as officers in the british army during the first world war.