*The British Army is policed by the "'Royal Military Police "', enforcement of basic discipline within Regiments is carried out by the Regimental Provost ( sometimes incorrectly referred to as Regimental Police ), who belong to individual regiments or corps.
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Protected only by a section of Vickers medium machine-guns, two 17 pounder anti-tank guns, the Assault Pioneer Platoon and the Regimental Police under the Headquarters Company commander Captain Jack Gerke the fighting flared around 22 : 00 as the Chinese infiltrated the position among the retreating South Koreans.
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Meanwhile, the battalion tactical headquarters, which had followed closely behind C Company as they assaulted, came under attack in the apple orchard east of the road and was forced to fight off a group of North Koreans, with the regimental police and the battalion signallers fighting back-to-back to defend themselves.
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In the British Army and land forces of the Commonwealth, a "'Provost Sergeant "'( sometimes abbreviated to "'Provo Sgt "') is the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Regimental Provost ( or Regimental Police ) and is responsible to the Regimental Sergeant Major for the maintenance of good order and military discipline in a regiment or battalion.
