Royal Military Police

Royal Military Police
Cap Badge of the Corps
Active	1926–1992 (independent) 1992–present (as branch)
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Military Police
Size	2,500
Part of	Adjutant General's Corps
RHQ RMP	Southwick Park, Hampshire
Nickname(s)	Redcaps Monkeys (derogatory)[1]
Motto(s)	Exemplo Ducemus By example shall we lead
Beret	Red
March	The Watchtower (Hoch Heidecksburg)
Website	www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/adjutant-generals-corps/provost/royal-military-police/
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	The King
Colonel Commandant	Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin Bathurst
Provost Marshal (Army) and Commander 1 Military Police Brigade	Brigadier Sarah Pringle-Smith
Insignia
Heraldic Background
Tactical Recognition Flash

Arms of the British Army
Combat Arms
Royal Armoured Corps and Household Cavalry Infantry Guards and Parachute Division Union Division Queen's Division Light Division Special Air Service Army Air Corps Special Reconnaissance Regiment
Combat Support Arms
Royal Artillery Royal Engineers Royal Corps of Signals Intelligence Corps
Combat Services
Royal Army Chaplains' Department Royal Logistic Corps Army Medical Services Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Army Dental Corps Royal Army Veterinary Corps Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Adjutant General's Corps Educational and Training Services Branch Army Legal Services Branch Provost Branch (Royal Military Police Military Provost Staff Military Provost Guard Service) Small Arms School Corps Royal Army Physical Training Corps General Service Corps Royal Corps of Army Music
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The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of army service personnel, and for providing a military police presence both in the UK and while service personnel are deployed overseas on operations and exercises. Members of the RMP are often known as 'Redcaps' because of the scarlet covers on their peaked caps and scarlet coloured berets.

The RMP's origins can be traced back to the 13th century but it was not until 1877 that a regular corps of military police was formed with the creation of the Military Mounted Police, which was followed by the Military Foot Police in 1885. Although technically two independent corps, they effectively functioned as a single organisation. In 1926, they were fully amalgamated to form the Corps of Military Police (CMP). In recognition of their service in the Second World War, they became the Corps of Royal Military Police on 28 November 1946. In 1992, the RMP amalgamated into the Adjutant General's Corps (AGC), where they form part of the AGC's Provost Branch.

Non-commissioned members of the RMP receive their basic training as soldiers at the Army Training Centre in Pirbright. They then receive further training at the Defence School of Policing and Guarding (DSPG), previously known as the Defence College of Policing and Guarding (DCPG).

The regimental march of the RMP is "The Watchtower" or "Hoch Heidecksburg", originally a German Army marching tune from 1912 by Rudolf Herzer. The RMP motto is Exemplo ducemus, Latin for "By example shall we lead".^[2]