List of United Kingdom uniformed services
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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
- Royal Navy (RN) including Royal Marines (RM)
- British Army
- Royal Air Force (RAF)
Civil
- Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) - civilian shipping
- Royal Fleet Auxiliary - "ships that supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies"[4]
Police
England
- Avon and Somerset Constabulary
- Bedfordshire Police
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary
- Cheshire Constabulary
- City of London Police
- Cleveland Police
- Cumbria Constabulary
- Derbyshire Constabulary
- Devon and Cornwall Police
- Dorset Police
- Durham Constabulary
- Essex Police
- Gloucestershire Constabulary
- Greater Manchester Police
- Hampshire Constabulary
- Hertfordshire Constabulary
- Humberside Police
- Kent Police
- Lancashire Constabulary[5]
- Leicestershire Police
- Lincolnshire Police
- Merseyside Police[5]
- Metropolitan Police Service
- Norfolk Constabulary
- Northamptonshire Police
- Northumbria Police
- North Yorkshire Police
- Nottinghamshire Police
- South Yorkshire Police
- Staffordshire Police
- Suffolk Constabulary
- Surrey Police
- Sussex Police
- Thames Valley Police
- Warwickshire Police
- West Mercia Police
- West Midlands Police
- West Yorkshire Police
- Wiltshire Police
Wales
- Dyfed-Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed Powys)
- Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent)
- North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru)
- South Wales Police (Heddlu De Cymru)
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ports Police
- Belfast Harbour Police
- Larne Harbour Police
- Port of Bristol Police
- Port of Felixstowe Police
- Port of Portland Police
- Falmouth Docks Police
- Port of Dover Police
- Other ports police
Parks Police
- Epping Forest Keepers
- Kew Constabulary
- Parks Police Service
- Hampstead Heath Constabulary
- Hillingdon Parks Patrol Service
- Wandsworth Parks and Events Police
Cathedral Constables
- York Minster Police
- Chester Cathedral Constables
- Canterbury Cathedral Close Constables
- Liverpool Cathedral Constables
Other
- British Transport Police
- Ministry of Defence Police
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary
- Mersey Tunnels Police
- Belfast International Airport Constabulary
- Cambridge University Constabulary
See also Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
Other enforcement
- Border Force
- Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMP)
- Scottish Prison Service (SPS)
- Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
- National Crime Agency (NCA)
- Service (military) police
- Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS)
- Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS)
- Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
- Environment Agency Fisheries Enforcement Officers Water Bailiff
- 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
- Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom
- First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
- British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS)
- BASICS Scotland
Charity & Rescue
- 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]
- Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG)
- National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) - "voluntary organisation and registered charity[2] providing a visual watch along the UK's coasts"[7]
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
- Mountain rescue in England and Wales
- Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland (Scottish Mountain Rescue)
- Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) - "voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland"[8]
- 4x4 Response - "charity whose volunteers offer the use of their 4x4 vehicles to provide logistic support in adverse conditions"[9]
Cadet Forces
- Sea Cadet Corps (SCC)
- Combined Cadet Force (CCF)
- Army Cadet Force (ACF)
- Air Training Corps (ATC)
- Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC)
- Police cadets in the United Kingdom (VPC)
- Fire Cadets
Highways Authorities
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency traffic officers
- Highways England traffic officers
- Welsh Government Traffic Officers
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
- ^ https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/armed-forces-uniformed-services/
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom#History
- ^ a b https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-categories/emergency-and-uniform-services
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary
- ^ a b Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside participate in a partnership called the North West Motorway Police Group
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Red_Cross#Guiding_Ethos
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coastwatch_Institution
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Voluntary_Service
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4x4_Response