First formation utilised by the Royal Military Police while in
Northern Ireland. The RMP is one of the few corps (units) which still uses the Land Rover. The first time of the 1st Regiment, RMP was formed was on 5 November 1971, when
173 Provost Company based at
Thiepval Barracks,
Lisburn in
Northern Ireland was expanded into a full regiment. Prior to 1971, all provost companies were independent and if grouped were commanded by a 'Deputy Provost Marshal', however the deteriorating situation in Northern Ireland caused this tradition to be dropped. As a result, the first battalion sized unit of the Royal Military Police was created as 173 Provost Company was quickly reinforced within months to become a regiment of seven companies. The regiment was the first of its type, soon after being joined by the 2nd Regiment during the looming
Troubles which would occupy the British Army until 2007. • Regimental Headquarters, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
Second formation As a result of the
Options for Change reforms announced in 1991 following the
End of the Cold War, the old 1st Armoured Division was redesignated as the
1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division and its provost companies reorganised. As a result of the reorganisation, the 1st Regiment, Royal Military Police was stood up at Wentworth Barracks in
Herford to oversee these companies with each supporting one of the combat brigades. The regiment's structure after formation on 1 April 1995 was as follows: • Regimental Headquarters, at Wentworth Barracks,
Herford • 111 Provost Company, at Haig Barracks,
Bergen-Hohne – supporting 7th Armoured Brigade and Hohne Garrison • 115 Provost Company, at Roberts Barracks,
Osnabrück – supporting 4th Armoured Brigade Following the reformation of the regiment, the commanding officer of the regiment held the position of 'Provost Marshal, 1st (UK) Armoured Division', and was assisted by three other officers at the armoured division headquarters: Staff Officer (SO)2 (Operations/Plans) – rank of Major, SO3 (Investigations) – rank of Captain, and SO3 (Ops/Plans) – rank of Captain. If mobilised, the Special Investigation Branch detachments in Germany would form the nucleus of the Investigations Section of the regiment. • 110 Provost Company, in
Paderborn – supporting 20th Armoured Brigade • Non-established Police Post, in
Hameln • 111 Provost Company, in
Bergen-Hohne – supporting 7th Armoured Brigade • 115 Provost Company, at Roberts Barracks,
Osnabrück (disbanded in June 2008) – supporting 4th Armoured Brigade • Non-established Police Post, in
Münster Army 2020 In 2012, following the
Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010, the radical
Army 2020 programme was announced which (among many things), would see the reorganisation of the provost forces and return of all troops based in
Germany. As part of the A2020 programme, the three provost regiments alongside the three specialist police groups would be consolidated into the
1st Military Police Brigade. 111 Provost Company was disbanded in June 2014 following their return from
Afghanistan. In 2015, the regiment was now organised as follows: • Regimental Headquarters, at Gaza Barracks, Catterick Garrison • 110 Provost Company, at
Leuchars Station (detachment was based in Bergen-Hohne until mid 2015) • 150 Provost Company •
243 Provost Company (Army Reserve), in Livingston •
252 Platoon, in Stockton-on-Tees == Today and future ==