1st Military Police Brigade

1st Military Police Brigade
Active 1 December 2014 – Present
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Role Military Police
Part of 3rd (UK) Division
Garrison/HQ Marlborough Lines, Andover
Commanders
Current
commander		 Brigadier D Neal

The 1st Military Police Brigade is a formation created under 3rd (UK) Division that has control over close support military police units within the British Army. The brigade will be dispersed throughout the British Army at sub-unit level, although it will remain under the operational command of the Chief of the General Staff in order to keep and preserve investigative independence.[1] It is commanded by the Provost Marshal (Army).[2]

History

The brigade was formed under the Army 2020 reorganisation and became operational on 1 December 2014.[3] It reached Full Operational Capability in July 2015.[4]

Structure

The brigade consists of the following units:

4 Regiment Royal Military Police will disband and its subunits transferred to 3 Regiment Royal Military Police, which in turn ceded one of its companies to 1 Regiment Royal Military Police.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "The British Army Journal". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Army Reserve Quarterly: Spring 2014 to Summer 2014" (PDF). p. 22. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "The 1 Military Police Brigade Formation Flash" (PDF). Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Arresting cover commemorates new 1 Military Police Brigade" (PDF). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Strategic Defence and Security Review - Army:Written statement - HCWS367 - UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  6. ↑ "Information on the Army 2020 Refine exercise - Gov.uk" (PDF). gov.uk. 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
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