"British Military Police active service uniform?" Topic
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| Fred Cartwright | 17 May 2017 6:40 a.m. PST |
Would MP's have worn the red hat, white anklets, belt and webbing on active service or would it have been toned down a bit? If the red cap was worn I assume it would still have been de rigeur to have the peak pushed down so far that you couldn't see where you were going! :-) |
79thPA  | 17 May 2017 7:18 a.m. PST |
I would assume that the peak would be as stiff as possible.
If the MPs were in the field for combat operations, they would wear a helmet just like everyone else. It had a red band around it and the letters "MP" in a blue square on the front. |
| 22ndFoot | 17 May 2017 8:21 a.m. PST |
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| mkenny | 17 May 2017 2:00 p.m. PST |
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| laretenue | 17 May 2017 2:33 p.m. PST |
A blancoed Sten sling in a war zone? Now that is bull … |
 Bobgnar | 17 May 2017 8:24 p.m. PST |
I wish some company would make a WW2 British MP in peaked cap in 28mm. Early war with Tommy Guns and pistols. Would not this be useful for Operation Sea Lion? What say you Warlord.
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 piper909 | 17 May 2017 9:10 p.m. PST |
Excellent references, gents! |
| Aussiejed | 24 Jan 2019 3:09 p.m. PST |
Reviving a dead thread – has someone made any? I would definitely buy some. |
| Martin Rapier | 25 Jan 2019 8:13 a.m. PST |
I used WW2 figures with WW1 heads in service caps transplanted. It isn't like you need loads of them. |
| Bozkashi Jones | 10 Jan 2022 1:28 p.m. PST |
The whole 'peak pushed down' thing has always been a joke about the RMP, even when I was in the L/I. Any RMP NCO with their peak like that would almost certainly have previously been in the Brigade of Guards. To get the peak like that you actually had to undo the stitches and push the peak into the headband. For what it's worth webbing certainly wasn't blancoed during the Aden Emergency in the '60s – on active service in a war zone khaki webbing was worn. I'm not sure if that's relevant to WW2. Source: S/Sgt JW Jones, 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards 1952-1955, RMP 1961-1980 (my dad) Nick |
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