Transferred to the Military Police

 

 

At least eight men of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron were transferred to the Military Mounted Police or Military Foot Police.

Most of these took place on 18 July 1917, when six men of the squadron, part of the 2nd North Irish Horse Regiment, were transferred just prior to that regiment being disbanded.

When transferred to the Military Police, men with the rank of private were promoted to lance corporal to give them sufficient authority to give orders to other private soldiers.

 

MILITARY MOUNTED POLICE
Name Inniskillings number Military Police number Date joined MMP
Fulton, Thomas P.
168
P/12026
18 July 1917
Ross, William
65
P/12040
Nixon, J.
217
P/12041
Carson, Samuel
227
P/12042
Armstrong, W.J.
78
P/12044
Campbell, William Charles
251
P/12222
early August 1917

 

MILITARY FOOT POLICE
Name Inniskillings number Military Police number Date joined MFP
Noble, William Frederick
112
P/16930
Dec. 1918 to Jan. 1919
Shiels (or Shields), R.
135
P/17894
Dec. 1918 to Jan. 1919