As part of the German demand was that Czech troops were withdrawn there was a need for the region to be policed and Chamberlain proposed that this was a role that could be fulfilled by the British Legion.
[2] Accordingly, Maurice visited Berlin to discuss arrangements,[2] and the result was a call for volunteers to act as a police force in the plebiscite areas.
[4] A communiqué issued by the Foreign Office "The British Legion recently offered to place its entire organization at the disposal of his Majesty's Government for any service that might be required in connexion with the settlement to be arrived at in Czechoslovakia.
His Majesty's Government, in accepting that offer, have decided to ask the Legion to make itself responsible for providing a force of 1,000 volunteer police, for special duties in the plebiscite areas.
[6] On 13 October, before either ship sailed, the International Commission meeting in Berlin decided that no plebiscite was needed and therefore the force was redundant.
Each was given a double breasted blue suit, a police overcoat, peaked cap of the type issued to special constables, boots and leggings.