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Units of the Canadian Provost Corps in the Second World War

This is a list of units of the Canadian Provost Corps in the Second World War, including Companies and Independent Units on active service from 1939 to 1947.

Unit Serial	Unit Designation	Year Formed or Redesignated	Employment	Disposition and Notes
	Canadian Provost Corps Depot (Reinforcement and Training Unit)		UK
	A-32 Canadian Provost Corps Training Centre	Nov 1942	Camp Borden, ON	Disbanded May 1946
2672	No 1 Canadian Provost Training Company	1945		Disbanded 1946
2725	No 1 Canadian Provost Training Depot	1945		Disbanded 1946
1955	No 1 Canadian Police Section	1945		Disbanded 1945
8003	No 1 L of C Provost Company - HQ	1944	GHQ TROOPS (1 Cdn Corps Base Area - Italy)	Disbanded 1945
53	No 1 Provost Company (RCMP)	1939	1 CDN INF DIV UK/ITALY/NWE	Disbanded 1946
660A	No 1 Provost Detachment	1943	CMHQ	Disbanded 46
288A	No 1 Provost Section (L of C)	1939	GHQ TROOPS	Disbanded 1946
1476	No 1 Provost Training Detachment	1944		Disbanded 1946
1767	No 1 Special Investigation Section	1944	21st ARMY GROUP	Disbanded 1946
1817	No 1 Traffic Control Headquarters Section	1944	1 CDN ARMY HQ TROOPS	Disbanded 1944
	1 Canadian Field Detention Barracks	1940	CMHQ
	No 1 Canadian Field Punishment Camp		I CDN CORPS TROOPS
	1 Canadian Army POW Cage	Sep 1944	1 CDN ARMY TROOPS HQ UNITS	Disbanded Jul 1945
	1 Canadian Detention Barracks (Headley)		CMHQ
	No 1 Canadian Provost Corps Training and Reinforcement Depot	1945	ALDERSHOT	Disbanded 1946
2345	No 2 Line of Communication Provost Company - HQ	1944	21st ARMY GROUP Cdn Army Base Area - NWE	Disbanded 1946
203	No 2 Provost Company	1939	2 CDN INF DIV UK/NWE	Disbanded 1946
660B	No 2 Provost Detachment	1943	CMHQ	Disbanded 1946
288B	No 2 Provost Section (L of C)	1943	GHQ TROOPS	Disbanded 1946
	No 2 Canadian Field Punishment Camp		1 CDN ARMY TROOPS HQ UNITS
8004	No 3 Line of Communication Provost Section	1944	GHQ TROOPS	Disbanded 1946
120	No 3 Provost Company		I CDN CORPS TROOPS
660C	No 3 Provost Detachment	1943	CMHQ	Disbanded 1946
288C	No 3 Provost Section	1944	1 CDN AMD BDE (INDEPENDENT)	Disbanded 1945
4065	No 3 Special Investigation Section	1945		Disbanded 1946
8005	No 4 Line of Communication Provost Section	1944	GHQ TROOPS	Disbanded 1946
773	No 4 Provost Company	1940	3 CDN INF DIV UK/NWE	Disbanded 1946
660D	No 4 Provost Detachment	1943	CMHQ	Disbanded 1946
	4 Canadian Detention Barracks (Reading)		CMHQ
8022	No 5 Line of Communication Provost Section	1944	21st ARMY GROUP	Disbanded 1946
973	No 5 Provost Company	1940	5 CDN ARMD DIV UK/ITALY/NWE	Disbanded 1946
660E	No 5 Provost Detachment	1943	CMHQ	Disbanded 1947
660	No 6 (Area) Provost Company	1940	CMHQ	Disbanded 1947
8023	No 6 Line of Communication Provost Section	1944	21st ARMY GROUP	Disbanded 1946
660	No 6 Provost Company	1940	CMHQ Primarily London, UK Small detachments in other areas of UK/Scotland.	Disbanded 1947
66OF	No 6 Provost Detachment	1943	CMHQ	Disbanded 1946
2346	No 7 Line of Communication Provost Section	1944	21st ARMY GROUP	Disbanded 1946
661	No 7 Provost Company	1940	1 CDN ARMY TROOPS HQ UNITS UK and NWE	Disbanded 1946
66OG	No 7 Provost Detachment	1943	CMHQ	Disbanded 1946
2347	No 8 Line of Communication Provost Section	1944	21st ARMY GROUP	Disbanded 1946
659	No 8 Provost Company	1941	4 CDN ARMD DIV UK/NWE	Disbanded 1946
660H	No 8 Provost Detachment	1945		Disbanded 1946
2348	No 9 Line of Communication Provost Section	1944	21st ARMY GROUP	Disbanded 1946
833	No 9 Provost Company	1941	CMHQ Canadian Reinforcement Units - UK	Disbanded 1946
2349	No 10 Line of Communication Provost Section	1944	21st ARMY GROUP	Disbanded 1946
822	No 10 Provost Company	1942		Disbanded 1945
532	No 11 Provost Company	1941	1 CDN ARMY TROOPS HQ UNITS	Redesignated "No 30 Provost Company" 1942
2554	No 11 Provost Section	1944		Disbanded 1945
4100	No 11 Special Provost Section, North West Europe	1946		Disbanded 1947
1422	No 12 Company Canadian Provost Corps	1942		Redesignated "No 12 Provost Company" 1943
1422	No 12 Provost Company C Pro C	1943		Disbanded 1944
2012	No 12 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 31 Provost Company" 1942
2012A	No 12A Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 32 Provost Company" 1942
1388	No 13 Provost Company	1943	II CDN CORPS TROOPS	Disbanded 1946
2013	No 13 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 33 Provost Company" 1942
2014	No 14 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 34 Provost Company" 1942
2673	No 1914 Provost Company	45	ALDERSHOT Canadian Repatriation Depots - UK	Disbanded 1946
2018	No 14A Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 35 Provost Company" 1942
2015	No 15 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 36 Provost Company" 1942
2662	No 15 Provost Company	1945		Disbanded 1945
2016	No 16 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 37 Provost Company" 1942
2663	No 16 Provost Company	1945	CAPF	Disbanded 1945
2016A	No 16A Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 38 Provost Company" 1942
2017	No 17 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 39 Provost Company" 1942
2699	No 17 Provost Company	1945	ALDERSHOT Canadian Repatriation Depots - UK	Disbanded 1946
1360	No 18 Provost Company	1943	NEWFOUNDLAND	Disbanded 1946
2028	No 19 Section, C Pro C	1943		Disbanded 1944
2020	No 20 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 40 Provost Company" 1942
2021	No 21 Provost Company
2021A	No 21A Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 42 Provost Company" 1942
2022	No 22 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 43 Provost Company" 1942
2023	No 23 Provost Company	1941		Redesignated "No 44 Provost Company" 1942
2011	No 30 Provost Company	1942	London, ON
2012	No 31 Provost Company	1942	Toronto, ON
2012A	No 32 Provost Company	1942	Toronto, ON
2013	No 33 Provost Company	1942	Ottawa, ON
2014	No 34 Provost Company	1942	Montreal, PQ
2018	No 35 Provost Company	1942	Montreal, PQ
2015	No 36 Provost Company	1942	Quebec, PQ
2016	No 37 Provost Company	1942	Halifax, NS
2016A	No 38 Provost Company	1942	Halifax, NS
2017	No 39 Provost Company	1942	Saint John, NB
2020	No 40 Provost Company	1942	Winnipeg, MB
2021	No 41 Provost Company		Vancouver, BC
2021A	No 42 Provost Company	1942	Prince George, BC	Disbanded 44
2022	No 43 Provost Company	1942	Regina, SK	Disbanded 1946
2023	No 44 Provost Company	1942	Calgary, AB
2024	No 45 Company Canadian Provost Corps	1942	Sydney, NS	Disbanded 1946
2025	No 46 Company Canadian Provost Corps	1942	Rimouski, PQ	Disbanded 1946
2026	No 47 Company Canadian Provost Corps	1943	Petawawa, ON	Disbanded 1946
2027	No 48 Provost Company	1944	Camp Borden, ON
1360	Canadian Provost Corps Detachment Newfoundland	1943		Redesignated No "18 Provost Coy" 1943

There were also 28 Military Detention Barracks (MDB) operating in Canada, 25 of them still functioning by Aug 1945.

This list was adapted from that created by John Cameron on his website CANADIAN MILITARY POLICE, who compiled the list from Unit Serials of the Canadian Army 1939 -46 (Service Publications Special Series # 1), Canadian Army Overseas Routine Orders, and Canadian Army Order of Battle. The list has been modified with information from Watchdog: A History of the Canadian Provost Corps by Andrew R. Ritchie.

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