Burma Military Police

The Burma Military Police was a paramilitary force of British Burma. Its main functions were the pacification of Upper Burma and the policing of the Burmese frontier.

It was formally established under the Upper Burma Military Police Regulation in 1887, which was superseded the same year by the Burma Military Police Act.

In July 1917, the 85th Burman Rifles were raised from the Burma Military Police.[1]

After the separation of Burma from British India, most battalions of the Burma Military Police became part of the new Burma Frontier Force, which after the Second World War became the Burma Frontier Constabulary. The remaining battalions were allocated to the Inspector-General of Police, Burma.[2]

References
  1. Lunt, J. D. (1998). "THE BURMA RIFLES". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 76 (307): 202–207. ISSN 0037-9700.
  2. "Member of the Burma Military Police, 1930 (c) | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London". collection.nam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
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