The badge of the Royal Military Police

Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Paul
Initials:T
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/94
Notes:MMP. Info from Pension record: Enlisted in the Devonshire Regiment 1890, transferred to the ASC 28/7/1899. Served 21 years. Discharged 2/11/1911. Re-enlisted 8/9/1914 at Star Cross, Exeter in MMP, Age 42. Address 3 Harrison Cottages, Bath. Discharged due to impaired vision whilst employed as a tool grinder between 1911 and 1914. Served Home 3/7/1890 to 27/1/1891, Egypt 22/1/1891 to 28/12/1892, India 29/12/1892 to 12/2/1898, Home 13/2/1898 to 5/10/1899, South Africa 6/10/1899 to 31/5/1901, Home 2/6/1901 to 2/7/1911 to discharge Awards: Indian General Service Medal 1995, clasp Punjab Frontier 1897-1898, Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps Transvaal, Paardeberg, Modder River, South Africa 1901, Belmont. Awarded the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Army Order 270 of 1909. Re enlisted in MMP, age 42 years 8/9/1914, Discharged 7/5/1915. Served Home.
Thomas Paul.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/1 Sept. 22, 1916)
Citation: Badge No. 320. Enlisted in MMP, 8/9/1914, discharged 7/5/1915. Sickness Para (xvi) KR 392. No longer physically fit for war service. Served UK. This was the first silver war badge issued to the Military Police Corps.