List of United Kingdom uniformed services

This is a List of United Kingdom uniformed services which includes all uniformed public, emergency, armed and charity services in the United Kingdom and overseas territories.[1]

In the United Kingdom, uniform has often been a part of officials' daily life and identity. The nation has a strong military and service identity[2] which has fostered an idea of charitable, voluntary, part-time and full-time service, in uniformed organisations, for the benefit of others.

The services listed here are national, regional, recognised, emergency, public-serving or educational and support services. Members generally wear uniform, with distinct insignia so they can be identified in their distinct role. Rank structures are similar and similarities can be found between services. Some services may overlap and some may carry out similar duties.[3]

Uniformed Services of the United Kingdom

Military

Civil
  1. Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) - civilian shipping
  2. Royal Fleet Auxiliary - "ships that supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies"[4]

Police

England

  1. Avon and Somerset Constabulary
  2. Bedfordshire Police
  3. Cambridgeshire Constabulary
  4. Cheshire Constabulary
  5. City of London Police
  6. Cleveland Police
  7. Cumbria Constabulary
  8. Derbyshire Constabulary
  9. Devon and Cornwall Police
  10. Dorset Police
  11. Durham Constabulary
  12. Essex Police
  13. Gloucestershire Constabulary
  14. Greater Manchester Police
  15. Hampshire Constabulary
  16. Hertfordshire Constabulary
  17. Humberside Police
  18. Kent Police
  19. Lancashire Constabulary[5]
  20. Leicestershire Police
  21. Lincolnshire Police
  22. Merseyside Police[5]
  23. Metropolitan Police Service
  24. Norfolk Constabulary
  25. Northamptonshire Police
  26. Northumbria Police
  27. North Yorkshire Police
  28. Nottinghamshire Police
  29. South Yorkshire Police
  30. Staffordshire Police
  31. Suffolk Constabulary
  32. Surrey Police
  33. Sussex Police
  34. Thames Valley Police
  35. Warwickshire Police
  36. West Mercia Police
  37. West Midlands Police
  38. West Yorkshire Police
  39. Wiltshire Police

Wales

  1. Dyfed-Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed Powys)
  2. Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent)
  3. North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru)
  4. South Wales Police (Heddlu De Cymru)

Scotland

  1. Police Scotland

Northern Ireland

  1. Police Service of Northern Ireland
  2. Belfast Harbour Police

Ports Police

  1. Belfast Harbour Police
  2. Larne Harbour Police
  3. Port of Bristol Police
  4. Port of Felixstowe Police
  5. Port of Portland Police
  6. Falmouth Docks Police
  7. Port of Dover Police
Other ports police
  1. Port of Liverpool Police
  2. Port of Tilbury Police
  3. Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Harbour Police

Parks Police

  1. Epping Forest Keepers
  2. Kew Constabulary
  3. Parks Police Service
  4. Hampstead Heath Constabulary
  5. Hillingdon Parks Patrol Service
  6. Wandsworth Parks and Events Police

Cathedral Constables

  1. York Minster Police
  2. Chester Cathedral Constables
  3. Canterbury Cathedral Close Constables
  4. Liverpool Cathedral Constables

Other

  1. British Transport Police
  2. Ministry of Defence Police
  3. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
  4. Mersey Tunnels Police
  5. Belfast International Airport Constabulary
  6. Cambridge University Constabulary

See also Law enforcement in the United Kingdom

Other enforcement
  1. Border Force
  2. Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMP)
  3. Scottish Prison Service (SPS)
  4. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
  5. National Crime Agency (NCA)
  6. Service (military) police
  7. Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS)
  8. Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS)
  9. Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
  10. Environment Agency Fisheries Enforcement Officers Water Bailiff
  11. Civil Enforcement Officer (a.k.a.: parking warden, traffic warden, parking officer) - "make sure drivers follow parking regulations on public streets and in car parks"[3]

Fire and Rescue

also known as "Fire Rescue" or "Fire Brigade"

See: Fire services in the United Kingdom

Ambulance and Medical
  1. Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom
  2. First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
  3. British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS)
  4. BASICS Scotland

Charity & Rescue
  1. British Red Cross - to "mobilise the power of humanity so that individuals and communities can prepare for, deal with and recover from a crisis"[6]
  2. Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG)
  3. National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) - "voluntary organisation and registered charity[2] providing a visual watch along the UK's coasts"[7]
  4. Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
  5. Mountain rescue in England and Wales
  6. Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (Scottish Mountain Rescue)
  7. Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) - "voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland"[8]
  8. 4x4 Response - "charity whose volunteers offer the use of their 4x4 vehicles to provide logistic support in adverse conditions"[9]

Cadet Forces
  1. Sea Cadet Corps (SCC)
  2. Combined Cadet Force (CCF)
  3. Army Cadet Force (ACF)
  4. Air Training Corps (ATC)
  5. Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC)
  6. Police cadets in the United Kingdom (VPC)
  7. Fire Cadets

Highways Authorities

Defunct

Some uniformed services were formed at times of national emergency (e.g. war) and have since been disbanded and/or replaced. Other agencies have been superseded/merged.

Civil

See also

    References
    1. https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/armed-forces-uniformed-services/
    2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom#History
    3. https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-categories/emergency-and-uniform-services
    4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary
    5. Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside participate in a partnership called the North West Motorway Police Group
    6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Red_Cross#Guiding_Ethos
    7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coastwatch_Institution
    8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Voluntary_Service
    9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4x4_Response
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