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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.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://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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