The Mogaung Levy was a Gurkha unit and was later absorbed into the Bhamo Military Police battalion.

[4] Initial forces of the BMP were raised from Punjab and Nepal,[5] and recruited Punjabi, Indian, Assamese, Manipuri and Gurkha men.

The range now included Garhwali, Sikh, Rajput, Chin, Kareni and Burmese men.

[6] On the Western Front, they were tasked with supporting various regiments in Flanders and France, and also served in the Gallipoli campaign.

The BMP was also issued with 13 Lewis guns, rifle 14 grenades and four Stokes trench mortars.

Eleven BMP soldiers who served in the war would later earn the Indian Distinguished Service Medal.

[5] In April 1937, six battalions of the BMP became part of the newly established Burma Frontier Force.

In 1938, 2,000 men of the BMP were deployed in Rangoon to prevent riots and civil unrest in the city.

In November 1941, Governor Reginald Dorman-Smith authorised an ordinance which allowed the BMP to be placed under the General Officer commanding the Burma army in the event of a war in Asia.

Before the Japanese invasion, the BMP was being given small unit tactical training by the Burma army.

Also in February, the BMP provided platoons to watch the Burmese coast in order to detect a possible Japanese landing.