1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company CMP

1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company CMP

Officers Commanding.

Captain O.P. Haig. March 1942 – March 1943.

Captain K.G. Wells. March 1943 – July 1943.

Captain P.B. Thomas. August 1943 – May 1944.

Captain W.B. Gray. May – September 1944.

Major O.P. Haig. October – March 1945.

Captain F. McPherson. March – November 1945. (Disbanded)

 

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