British Army Airborne Patch b 44 Independent Parachute Brigade Provost

British Army Airborne Patch 44 Independent Parachute Brigade Group Provost Company TA DZ Patch 1950s used smock removed embroidered on felt fabric back some remaining 58mm by 52mm two and one quarter inches by two and one sixteenth inches.

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History 1956-1978 

When 16 Airborne Division was reduced to single brigade – 44 Independent Parachute Brigade Group TA in 1956 16 Airborne Division Provost became the new Brigades provost company as 44 Independent Parachute Brigade Group Provost Company.

On 1 April 1967 44 Independent Parachute Brigade Group TA was reorganised and redesignated 44 Parachute Brigade Volunteers. 1 Parachute Provost Platoon Royal Military Police V based at Tulse Hill London replaced 44 Independent Parachute Brigade Group Provost Company.

1 Parachute Provost Platoon Royal Military Police V was disbanded in 1978 at the same time as 44 Parachute Brigade was broken up with the three volunteer Parachute battalions 4 10 and 15 Scottish and 144 Field Ambulance retaining their parachute role. The provost unit at Tulse Hill became 253 Provost Company Royal Military Police Volunteers 253 Pro Coy RMP V.

This patch dates from the 1950s