Manual Slideshow of Provost on Operational Deployments.

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Image of two Provost LCpls in Cyprus.



Lance Corporals Hunter and Doug Clements UNFICYP Military Police Detachment, Cyprus.
Photo of Sgt Don Tresham.
Sgt (retired MWO) Don Tresham is shown standing in the desert while on mobile patrol of the Gaza Strip in Palestine in 1964.
Photo of Lt (retired Captain) Nat Smith.
Lt (retired Captain) Nat Smith of the C Pro C while serving with the UN in Gaza Strip - 1964:
Photo of Sgt Larry MacDonald in Egypt - 1974.
Warrant Officer (retired) Larry MacDonald submitted the above photo of himself while serving with the UNEF in Egypt in 1974. Larry was an acting sergeant at the time.
Photo of C Pro C Cpl Sam Moses serving with UNEF, Rafa, Egypt - 1964. >
In the above photo, former member of the Canadian Provost Corps, Corporal Sam Moses, is shown with three of his United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) Military Police colleagues from other participating nations in Egypt in 1964. From left to right are: Pte Green (Belgium), Sgt Horg (Norway), Cpl Sam Moses (Canada) and Lance Corporal Singh (India).
Photo of 3RReR Provost Section in Cyprus - 1968/69.
Members of 3RReR Provost Section in Cyprus - 1968/69 conducting a Traffic Post (TP) in their area of responsibility.
Photo of members of UNFICYP MP Coy Cyprus - 1968/69.
The above photo depicts from left to right: former Canadian Provost Corps members - Corporals Unidentified, Art Luard, Howie Mason and Ed Patterson,
Photo of Cpl Art Luard serving with the UNFICYP MP Coy Cyprus - 1968/69.
Shown in the above photo is former member of the Canadian Provost Corps, Art Luard in Cyprus during the period 1968/69.
Photo of a member of the C Pro C on a Traffic Post (TP) near the front during WWII,
The above photo depicts LCpl W.H. Harris, a member of the Canadian Provost Corps manning a Traffic Post (TP) during WWII.
Photo of a members of the C ProC on a Mounted Patrol in Holland in 1945.
Provost On Mounted Patrol in Germany following the end of WWII.
Photo depicts refugees in Belgium returning home in 1945.
Belgium refugees are shown being assisted by Canadian troops while crossing the Albert Canal Bridge en route home as the Nazi forces were being driven out by the allied forces.
Photo of LCpl Bill Cooksey, C Pro C during WWII.
Photo of LCpl Bill Cooksey, C Pro C during WWII.
Canadian soldiers in Korea in the early fifties.
In the above photo the Prime Minister of Canada, Louis St Lauant, is saying farewell to Canadian soldiers embarking for Korea in the early fifties
Canadian Soldier.with D Coy PPCLI, Korea early fifties.

Photo of a Canadian soldier of D Coy PPCLI in Korea.
Canadian Troops from Korea playing hockey against Japan in1952.
Canadian soldiers engaged in the Korea War and on leave in Japan are shown in the adjacent photo playing hockey against a local Japanesse team in 1952. This was probably history in the making, the Japanesse playing hockey against a Canadian Army team.
Canadian troops in Korea 1951.
LCol James (Big Jim) Stone, Commanding Officer of The 2nd Patricias, is shown in the adjacent photo presenting his unit's team with the Maj Gosselin Trophy in Korea 1 July 1951 (Dominion Day). It was a inter-unit meet between Brigade units. Dennis Moore, who is in the photo, stated that during the Brigade Sports Day the 2PPCLI team was the overall winning team
Troops en route to Korea 1951.
Unidentified member of the Canadian Provost Corps and his Canine Patrol Dog on duty in Seattle, Washington as Canadian troops, members of No. 3 Transport Company (RCASC), form up to board the ship en route to the Korea as part of the United Nations Commonwealth Division deployed to counter North Korean aggression towards South Korea in 1951.
Member of C Pro C, Axel Nickolson.
LCpl Axel Nickolson (left) is shown with two unidentified Commonwealth Military Police buddies (a Canadian Provost and a British Royal Military Policeman) in Korea in 1953/54. The photo was taken at the East end of Pin Tail Bridge which spanned the Imjim River in South Korea.
Photo of member of C Pro C interrogating a POW during the Korean War - circa: 1953.
An unidentified member of the Canadian Provost Corps (left) being assisted by a South Korean interpreter in interrogating a POW in South Korea in 1952
Photo of LCpl Don Treasham on parade in Germany - 1955.
Brigadere W.A. B. Anderson, Commander 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade, Germany on the 26 May 1955, is shown addressing Lance Corporal Don Treasham (retired Maj) from Hamilton, Ontario of 4 Provost Platoon, on the occasion of the annual General Officer Commanding's (GOC's) Inspection of the unit.
Photo of LCpl Landstra in 1942 in England.
LCpl Lester Landstra on the left in the above photo while a member of the Canadian Essex Scottish Regiment in 1942 at Middleton On Sea, near Sussex, England
Photo of LCpl Landstra in 1944.
LCpl Lester Landstra on the left and Staff Sergeant Jim Strong, both members of the C pro C at the Chateau Donell in Loos, France on the 25 Sept in 1944.
Image of Pte Bernard Mudge - WWII 1945.
Pte Bernard Mudge, C Pro C (right) and an unidentified colleague in Southern France during WWII in 1945.
Image of Provost accomodation in Apeldoorn, Holland - 1945.
The house in Apeldoorn, Holland where members of a Provost Company were accomodated during WWII -1945.
Image of members of the C Pro C relaxing in theirhouse in Apeldoorn, Holland - 1945.
Pte Mudge of the C Pro C on the extreme right relaxing with his Provost colleagues in Apeldoorn, Holland in Jul 1945 during WWII.

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