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:b. Deal with minor insurrections amongst the less civilized hill tribes
:c. transport treasure
:d. guard and transport long term prisoners to and from jail.'<ref> Barry Renfrew in his book ''Forgotten Regiments : Regular and Volunteer Units of the British Far East'', quoted by Harry Fecitt in a GMIC thread [http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/57054-burma-military-police-a-request-to-share-research/ Burma Military Police - a request to share research] </ref></blockquote>
In 1886 the British authorities wished to reduce the cost of garrisoning Upper Burma and the Burma Military Police was raised to replace regular Indian Army units.
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/burma/bfc.htm Burma Frontier Constabulary] British Empire website<br />
*[http://homepages.force9.net/rothwell/burmaweb/BMP.htm Burma Military Police] and [http://homepages.force9.net/rothwell/burmaweb/BFF.htm Burma Frontier Force] Steve Rothwell’s The Burma Campaign
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/468722.html "The Kachin Hills Uprising: Burma from January to February 1915"] by Harry Fecitt from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] kaiserscross.com*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/525801.html "The Kuki Rising 1917-1919: Insurrection in north-eastern India and Burma"] by Harry Fecitt from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] kaiserscross.com:Also called Kuki Punitive Operations.:[https://www.academia.edu/40477117/Breaking_the_spirit_of_the_Kukis_launching_the_largest_series_of_military_operations_in_the_northeastern_frontier_of_India "Breaking the spirit of the Kukis: launching the 'largest series of military operations' in the northeastern frontier of India"] by Thongkholal Haokip. academia.edu. Chapter 3 from ''The Anglo-Kuki War 1917-1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War'', edited by Jangkhomang Guite and Thongkholal Haokip 2019.
*[http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5478 The Menin Gate: Memorial to the Burma Military Police] oucs.ox.ac.uk. The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing stands at the eastern exit of Ypres in Flanders, Belgium
*''John Eric Colenso: British Officer in the Gurkha Rifles'' by Ann Collins 24th August 2014 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colensostudy.id.au%2FJohn%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf html version], [http://www.colensostudy.id.au/John%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf pdf]. colensostudy.id.au. He was appointed to the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in 1907 and seconded to the Burma Military Police (BMP) in1909. During WW1 was with the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in Egypt and then on the Western Front with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles, and then with the 2nd/2nd Gurkhas. Back in India, he took part in the 3rd Afghan War with the 2/7th Gurkhas and was then with the BMP 1919- c 1922, when he was transferred to the 3rd Gurkha Rifles and took part in the actions in Waziristan 1922-1923. He retired in 1932.*[http://www.frontiermedalsnam.comac.uk/online-collection/indexdetail.php?main_pageacc=product_info&cPath=2_9&products_id=430 1982-05-99-2 Photograph: A member of the Burma Military Police in normal duty dress, 1930 (c)] National Army history and medals of LieutMuseum*[http://www.oldhonitonians.com/colonal-terence-conner-dso-kpm/ Colonel Ashton Mackrell Indian Army 1905-1935Terence Conner] frontiermedalsWhen the Burma Rebellion, led by Saya San ‘The Magician King’, broke out in 1930 Conner was given command of the Eastern Battalion of the Burma Military Police and sent into the jungle to destroy the rebels, who deprived of food and forced into the open were crushed by the end of 1932. oldhonitonians.com*[https://www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=1300112 Account of Capt. G.J. Stapleton. I.A., Burma Frontier Force: Retreat from Myitkyina] 1942 . He served with was awarded the Burma Military King´s Police during the First World Warand Fire Service Medal, for Gallantry. spink.com 25 Apr 2013
===Historical books online===
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:362/#page/250/mode/1up "Police : Military"] by Lieut-Colonel S C F Peile, Inspector-General of Police, Burma, page 246 ''Twentieth century impressions of Burma : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources'', edited by Arnold Wright 1910 seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu
*[https://archive.org/stream/pacificationofbu00crosrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Pacification of Burma]'' 
by Sir Charles Crosthwaite. Chief Commissioner of Burma 1887-1890 1912 Archive.org. This edition which has illustrations, is missing [https://archive.org/stream/pacificationbur00crosgoog#page/n12/mode/2up first page of Preface].
**[https://archive.org/stream/pacificationofbu00crosrich#page/148/mode/2up Page 131] footnote refers to ''History of the Burma Military Police'' by Lieut-Colonel S C F Peile (Rangoon 1906). This book is available at the National Library of India, Calcutta<ref> National Library of India catalogue reference IMP000078147ENG . [http://opac.nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=644326 National Library of India cgi-bin/gw/chameleon Search the catalogue referenceby book title or author] . The book is 34 pages</ref>.*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.206513/2015.206513.Report-Of#page/n140/mode/1up "The Burma and Assam Military Police"] page 94 ''Report Of The Army In India Committee 1919-20'' (1920) Archive.org.*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4244561?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''The White Belts: History of the Corps of Military Police''] by Lt Col R Ganapathi, CMP Centre and School, Bangalore 1982 HathiTrust Digital Library.
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