Cold War Provost - Part One and Two Orders 5 JUN 2011

Part One Orders
Serial P1/1/2012
Issued 26 Apr 2012
By Sgt Stenning, R,
Cold War Provost Living History Group
Senior Member
(Group Leader)

Deployments

Operation ADLER

Operation ADLER, the CWP involvement with the Celebratory running of the British Military Train by 'Train Of Events', is scheduled for the weekend of 10th through the 14th May 2012. No joining Instructions have yet been received from ToE; Cpl Ives is liasing with ToE on this issue.

Chatham Militaria Fair

The regular monthly Chatham Militaria Fair Recruiting Exercises will carry on, where professional commitments permit, on the first or second Sunday of each month, unless cancelled through further P1 Orders. Note that regular attendance of Senior members is problematic through professional scheduling commitments.

Admin Orders

Shirt Sleeve Order

With effect from 1st May 2011, and until 1st September 2012, Shirt Sleeves orders of dress variants may be worn, except that no jacket may have its sleeves rolled: Only shirts may have their sleeves rolled. Jerseys must be worn betwen 1830 hrs and 0600 hrs.

Orders of Dress - New Restrictions

With effect from May 2012, at the request of RMP RHQ, the following orders of uniform are prohibited from regular CWP wear unless so noted in Part 1 & 2 orders or specific event Operational Instructions:

No. 1 - Ceremonial Dress ("Blues")
No. 2 - Service Dress
No. 13/14 - Barrack Dress

While no reason would normally be given in these instructions, in this case an exception to the rule is warranted: These Orders of Dress are current issue for RMP personnel who may be attending events where the Army is taking part. It is conceivable that we might be dressed in exactly the same way for some Living History events, thus the use of these orders of dress would be confusing for the gereral public, at best. Such confusion is obviously to be avoided at all times, and RMP RHQ has requested that we avoid, where possible, the possibility of such confusion.

There are two annual exceptions to this instruction:

November:
Remembrance, where the wearing of No 2 Dress is authorised at the Chatham Militaria Fair only, and
December
For the Christmas 'End of Term' gathering, again at the Chatham Militaria Fair, where No 14 Barrack Dress is authorised.

At all other events, the general rule is now that No. 13/14 Working or No 8. Combat Dress will be the accepted Orders Of Dress, unless otherwise noted in specific event Operational Instructions.

The Chatham Militaria Fair Standing Orders will be amended to suit this instruction.

General Instruction - Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons:

Those members awarded with Campaign Medals and/or Service Medals during their Service with HM Forces are authorised to wear them with the appropriate Orders of Dress. Examples of such might include General Service medals, Theatre medals, and such like.

At no time shall a member wear any Campaign Medal (including Ribbons) or Service Medal (including Ribbons) that the member was not awarded and permitted to wear on duty during his or her time in the HM Armed Forces.

Group Leadership may require to see Proof of Entitlement in some cases, and members should be prepared to produce such proofs as may be required, before medals and/or ribbons are worn. The rule of thumb here is: "If you didn't earn a gong, don't wear it".

This instruction will be passed into Group Rules and Standing Orders in due course.

Courses

There are no courses being run at this time.

Course results

There are no course results at this time.

Sgt. Stenning, R,
Cold War Provost Living History Group
Senior member
(Group Leader)

Part Two Orders
Serial P2/1/2012
Issued 26 Apr 2012
By Sgt Stenning, R,
Cold War Provost Living History Group
Senior Member
(Group Leader)

Announcements

There are no announcements at this time.

Honours

No Honours have been awarded at this time.

Awards and Commendations

There are no awards or commendations to be made at this time.

Promotions

Retroactive entries:

The persons listed below are recorded as MEMBERS of Cold War Provost.

23926928 TRY, David J
- Authorised to wear the simulated rank of Sergeant through prior military service (RMP).
24952548 STEVENS, Matt
- Authorised to wear the simulated rank of Corporal through prior military service (RMP).

Discharges

There have been no discharges at this time.

Qualifications awards

Members are reminded that those who have served in HM Armed Forces (Regular and Reserves alike) are entitled and strongly encouraged to wear their issued Veterans Badge with all Orders of Dress.

The badge is current issue to all former servicemen and servicewomen, and if you do not already have such a badge, it may be obtained by completing and submitting one of the forms at the following website: The Service Personnel and Veterans Agency

For Cold War Provost purposes, the badge is to be worn above the left chest pocket of the outermost worn layer, the base of the badge just above the top of the pocket, and centrally in line with the centreline of the pocket, as per the image to the right, showing shirt sleeve order with the badge. If Decorations are worn, the Veterans' badge may be worn centrally above the decorations.

Warning Orders

Dates for 2012
These dates are firm, and should be appended to your calendars.

All year:
- Monthly Chatham Militaria Fair (as members may be available)
May
- 4th - 6th, Eastbourne Magnificent Motors
  (Cookhouse & Display)
- 10th - 14th , Op Adler - Commemoration of the British Military Train in Berlin
  (Uniforms as Royal Corps Transport Regimental Provost)
- 18th - 21th, Bunker Bash 2012
  (Display & PIP)
June
- 29th - 30th, Redoubt Fortress Eastbourne (Armed Forces Weekend)
  (Cookhouse & Display)
July
- 18th - 22nd, War & Peace
  (Display Only)
- 27-29th, Ringmer
  (Display Only, regular 'end of eventing year' CWP wind-down)
August
- 9th - 12th, Airborne Eastbourne
  (Cookhouse & Display)
- 31st Aug - 2nd Sep, Shoreham
  (Cookhouse & Display)