Glengarry Boys' Brigade; namely Warrant Officers, Lieutenants and Brevet Captains. In 1932 Percy Sillitoe, the Chief Constable of the City of Glasgow Police, abolished the traditional custodian helmet and added a new feature to the peaked caps worn by his police officers. This new feature was a black and white chequered cap band based on the dicings seen on the glengarry headress of the Scottish regiments. The diced band, popularly known as the Sillitoe Tartan, later spread to police forces in Australia, New Zealand, and the rest of the United Kingdom, as well as to some other parts of the world,
History of the Royal Military Police Police", together with its cap badge and other distinctive insignia including the red cap. On 5 March 1995, the Mounted Troop was disbanded after 118 years of service to the crown and the colours. 1511 First Provost Marshal of whom a personal record is known 1813-14 Staff Corps of Cavalry raised by Wellington for Peninsular War 1815-18 Staff Corps of Cavalry reformed for Waterloo Campaign 1854-55 Mounted Staff Corps formed for service in the Crimea 1855 Military Mounted Police (MMP) formed to police the new military cantonment at Aldershot 1877 MMP established as a Permanent Corps 1882 Military Foot Police