"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
There is a picture on this Royal Miltary Police Association website: rmpa-ne.org.uk/events.htm
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.
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