Battalions of the Mobile Defence Corps

The Mobile Defence Corps (Army Emergency Reserve) was part of the Civil Defence Corps and organised into battalions spread throughout the United Kingdom.

• 1st (Cinque Ports) Battalion in Shorncliffe recruiting from East Kent, raised in 1955
• 2nd (London) Battalion in London recruiting from South East London and West Kent
  • Detachments in Sidcup, Streatham, and Grove Park
• 3rd (Sussex and Surrey) Battalion, recruiting from Sussex and Surrey outside Metropolis, fire-fighting battalion converted to rescue and ambulance in May 1956, and re-organised in March 1957 as No.3 Battalion
  • A Company in Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea
  • B Company in Crawley and East Grinstead
  • C Company in Worthing and Horsham
  • Ambulance Company in Chichester and Arundel
• 4th (Middlesex) Battalion, recruiting from North London and Middlesex, fire-fighting battalion converted in May 1956 to rescue and ambulance
• 5th (Essex) Battalion, recruiting from Essex and East London, formed in July 1955
• 6th (Middlesex) Battalion in Harrow recruiting from North West London and Middlesex
• 7th (Middlesex) Battalion recruiting from West London and Middlesex
• 8th (Hertfordshire) Battalion in Potters Bar recruiting from Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire, re-designated as 8th (Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire) Btn in October 1957
• 9th (Hampshire) Battalion in Bournemouth recruiting from Hampshire and Dorsetshire, re-designated as 9th (Hampshire and Dorsetshire) Btn in late 1957
• 10th (Wiltshire) Battalion recruiting from Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire, fire-fighting battalion converted in May 1956 to rescue and ambulance
• 11th (Gloucestershire) Battalion in Bristol recruiting from Gloucestershire and Somersetshire, re-designated as 11th (Gloucestershire and Somersetshire) Btn in December 1956
  • Companies in Taunton and Cheltenham
• 12th (East Lancashire) Battalion recruiting from Lancashire
• 13th (Cheshire) Battalion recruiting from Cheshire, Flintshire, and Denbighshire, fire-fighting battalion converted to rescue and ambulance in May 1956
• 14th (Staffordshire) Battalion recruiting in Staffordshire and Shropshire
• 15th (Warwickshire) Battalion in Birmingham recruiting from Warwickshire and Worcestershire
• 16th (Glamorgan) Battalion recruiting from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire
• 17th (Tyne and Wear) Battalion in Sunderland recruiting from Northumberland and County Durham
  • A Company at Stockton
  • B Company at Spennymoor
  • C Company at Sunderland
  • D (Ambulance) Company in unknown
• 18th (West Riding) Battalion recruiting from North West Yorkshire including York
  • Rescue companies in Leeds, Huddersfield, and York
  • Ambulance Company in Bradford & district
• 19th (West Riding) Battalion recruiting from South West Riding of Yorkshire, fire-fighting battalion converted in May 1956 to rescue and ambulance
• 20th (North and East Riding) Battalion recruiting from East Riding of Yorkshire and North Riding of Yorkshire
• 21st (North Midland) Battalion recruiting from Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Derbyshire
• 22nd (Lincolnshire) Battalion recruiting from Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
• 23rd (Scottish) Battalion recruiting from Glasgow and Lanarkshire, re-designated 23rd (Clydesdale) Battalion in October 1957
• 24th (Scottish) Battalion recruiting from Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, and Renfrewshire
• 25th (Scottish) Battalion recruiting from Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian, Midlothian, and West of Scotland
• 26th Battalion recruiting from Devon and Cornwall
• 27th (West Lancashire) Battalion recruiting from West Lancashire
• 28th (East Lancashire) Battalion recruiting from all of East Hampshire east of including Southampton and the Isle of Wight
• 29th (Northamptonshire and Leicestershire) Battalion
• 30th (London) Battalion, re-designated as 30th (City of London) Battalion in November 1957
• 31st (Surrey) Battalion recruiting form Surrey
• 32nd (Worcestershire) Battalion in Droitwich recruiting from Worcestershire
• 33rd (Northumberland) Battalion in Gosforth