gareth50h Posted 9 January , 2020 Share Posted 9 January , 2020 Does anybody recognise the feather stick he is holding in his right hand? Is to do with horses as he used to ride a horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 9 January , 2020 Share Posted 9 January , 2020 (edited) Fly swatter ? Edit as HERE Ray Edited 9 January , 2020 by RaySearching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1418 Posted 9 January , 2020 Share Posted 9 January , 2020 Hi its a fly whisk usually made out of horse hair or similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 9 January , 2020 Share Posted 9 January , 2020 I don't get the "Duke of Wellington military policeman" bit. He's a L/Cpl. of the Military Foot Police. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 9 January , 2020 Share Posted 9 January , 2020 I agree with Pete that the man shown is unquestionably a member of the Military Foot Police, both cap badge and whistle chain are clear indicators. Given the original poster’s confident labelling of the post, I can only guess that the soldier concerned was a transferee from the DWR to the MFP. At that time all entrants to both branches of the military police corps had to have served initially in some other part of the army and there was no direct entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted 10 January , 2020 Share Posted 10 January , 2020 Wonderful photograph. At least 55 men from the Duke of Wellington's Regt transferred into the MFP during the War, with an additional 7 transferring to the MMP. To correct Frogsmile's assertion that there was no direct entry into the Corps at this time, exceptions were made for civilian policemen given permission from their Chief Constables to enlist. Over 1500 served in the Corps, and of these, over half joined straight from their civilian forces. After 1915, there were a number of direct entries - research is ongoing to identify their backgrounds. Cheers, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 10 January , 2020 Share Posted 10 January , 2020 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Provost said: Wonderful photograph. At least 55 men from the Duke of Wellington's Regt transferred into the MFP during the War, with an additional 7 transferring to the MMP. To correct Frogsmile's assertion that there was no direct entry into the Corps at this time, exceptions were made for civilian policemen given permission from their Chief Constables to enlist. Over 1500 served in the Corps, and of these, over half joined straight from their civilian forces. After 1915, there were a number of direct entries - research is ongoing to identify their backgrounds. Cheers, Richard That’s very interesting Richard. I can understand why the exception was made to recruit civilian policemen at a time of huge expansion for the corps. Previously I’d always thought the insistence on previous service a quite wise policy, but it made sense for there to be exceptions on a needs-must basis. Edited 10 January , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth50h Posted 15 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 15 January , 2020 That is very interesting about the Duke of Wellington regt transfers to the MFP. By chance do you have any more information on the men who transferred as that would be very useful in understanding this chaps movements. Regards Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth50h Posted 30 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 January , 2020 Dear Provost, Is there somewhere I can get more information On the 55 men from the Duke of Wellington's Regt that transferred into the MFP during the War, with an additional 7 transferring to the MMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 30 January , 2020 Share Posted 30 January , 2020 You will find this site helpful when you have some names http://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth50h Posted 20 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 20 February , 2020 I was wondering what he is wearing on his legs? Any ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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