List of United Kingdom uniformed services explained

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]

The services listed here are national, regional, local, recognised, emergency, public-serving, military and 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.^[2]

National Uniformed Services

British armed forces

See main article: British Armed Forces.

• His Majesty's Naval Service
  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Marines
  • Royal Fleet Auxiliary
  • Royal Naval Reserve
  • Royal Marines Reserve
  • Naval Careers Service
  • British Army Royal Air Force (RAF)

Civil uniformed services

• Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) - civilian shipping
• Ministry of Defence Guard Service - Guarding MoD land and establishments

Law enforcement

• Ministry of Defence Police
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Border Force
  • HM Revenue and Customs National Crime Agency (Limited powers in Northern Ireland)
• Royal Military Police (Part of the British Army)
• Royal Air Force Police (Part of the Royal Air Force)
• Royal Navy Police (Part of the Royal Naval Service)
  • Royal Marines Police
• Military Provost Guard Service (Part of the British Army)
• Water Bailiffs
• Civil Enforcement Officer

Fire and rescue services

See main article: Fire services in the United Kingdom.

• Defence Fire and Rescue Service
• Various Airport Firefighting and Rescue Services

Healthcare and medical services

See main article: Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom.

• British Red Cross

Rescue and support services

• British Red Cross
• His Majesty's Coastguard
• National Coastwatch Institution
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• Royal Voluntary Service
• Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service (Part of the Royal Air Force)
• The Salvation Army

Uniformed youth organisations

See main article: Youth organisations in the United Kingdom.

• Army Cadet Force (ACF)
• Air Training Corps (ATC)
• Sea Cadet Corps (SCC)
• Combined Cadet Force (CCF)
• Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCF)
  • Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps (RM VCC)
    • The Scout Association The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association Girlguiding (GG)
• Boys' Brigade (BB)

Uniformed services of England

Police and law enforcement

Territorial police forces

See main article: Territorial police force.

• Metropolitan Police Service (MPS, or 'The Met')
• City of London Police
• Avon and Somerset Police
• Bedfordshire Police
• Cambridgeshire Constabulary
• Cheshire Constabulary
• Cleveland Police
• Cumbria Constabulary
• Derbyshire Constabulary
• Devon and Cornwall Police
• Dorset Police
• Durham Constabulary
• Essex Police
• Gloucestershire Constabulary
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary
• Hertfordshire Constabulary
• Humberside Police
• Kent Police
• Lancashire Constabulary^[3]
• Leicestershire Police
• Lincolnshire Police
• Greater Manchester Police (GMP)
• West Mercia Police
• Merseyside Police^[3]
• West Midlands Police
• Norfolk Constabulary
• Northamptonshire Police
• Northumbria Police
• Nottinghamshire Police
• Staffordshire Police
• Suffolk Constabulary
• Surrey Police
• Sussex Police
• Thames Valley Police (TVP)
• Warwickshire Police
• Wiltshire Police
• North Yorkshire Police
• South Yorkshire Police
• West Yorkshire Police

Parks police

• Epping Forest Keepers
• Hampstead Heath Constabulary
• Hillingdon Parks Patrol Service
• Kew Constabulary
• Wandsworth Parks and Events Police

Cathedral constables

See main article: Cathedral constable.

• Canterbury Cathedral Close Constables
• Chester Cathedral Constables
• Liverpool Cathedral Constables
• York Minster Police

Ports police

• Port of Bristol Police
• Port of Dover Police
• Falmouth Docks Police
• Port of Felixstowe Police
• Port of Portland Police
• Port of Liverpool Police
• Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Harbour Police
• Port of Tilbury Police

Other police forces

• Border Force
• British Transport Police (BTP)
• Cambridge University Constabulary
• Mersey Tunnels Police

Other enforcement agencies

• Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS)
• Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
• Environment Agency (EA)
• Forestry Commission
• National Highways traffic officers
• Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS)

Fire and rescue services

• Avon Fire and Rescue Service
• Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Cleveland Fire Brigade
• Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service
• Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
• Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
• Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
• County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service
• Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
• Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
• Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service
• Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service
• Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
• Kent Fire and Rescue Service
• Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
• Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
• Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service
• London Fire Brigade (LFB)
• Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
• Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
• West Midlands Fire Service
• Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service
• Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service
• Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service
• Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
• Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
• East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
• West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
• Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service
• Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
• North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
• South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
• West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Healthcare and medical services

National Health Service (NHS)

See main article: National Health Service (England).

• London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust
• North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
• North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• Isle of Wight Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
• South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
• South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
• Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• NHS Blood and Transplant Blood Donation

Charity and voluntary aid services

• British Red Cross
• St John Ambulance England
• British Association for Immediate Care
• Hatzalah (London, Gateshead, and Manchester)
• Salvation Army

Air ambulances

• The Air Ambulance Service
• Magpas Air Ambulance
• London's Air Ambulance Charity
• Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust
• Devon Air Ambulance Trust
• Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance
• East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA)
• Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust
• Great North Air Ambulance Service
• Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance
• Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex
• Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
• Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
• North West Air Ambulance
• Thames Valley Air Ambulance
• Wiltshire Air Ambulance
• Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Rescue and support services

• Mountain Rescue England and Wales
• British Cave Rescue Council
• National Coastwatch Institution
• RAF Mountain Rescue Service (RAFMRS)
• 4x4 Response
• Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol
• Severn Area Rescue Association
• Ryde Inshore Rescue Service
• Solent Rescue
• Southport Offshore Rescue Trust

Lifeboats

• Burnham Area Rescue Boat
• Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service
• Freshwater Independent Lifeboat
• Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue
• Hope Cove Life Boat
• Mundesley Volunteer Inshore Lifeboat
• Runswick Bay Rescue Boat
• Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Service
• Sea Palling Independent Lifeboat

Uniformed youth organisations

• Volunteer Police Cadets
• Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets
• St John Ambulance England Cadets
• European Scout Federation

Uniformed Services of Wales

Law enforcement

• Dyfed-Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed Powys)
• Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent)
• North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru)
• South Wales Police (Heddlu De Cymru)
  • British Transport Police Ministry of Defence Guard Service
• Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Vale of Glamorgan Council Enforcement Service
• Welsh Government Traffic Officers

Fire and rescue services

• Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
• North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
• South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Healthcare and medical services

National Health Service

See main article: NHS Wales.

• Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• Welsh Blood Service
• Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service Cymru (Funded by Welsh Government, run with Wales Air Ambulance)

Charity and voluntary aid services

• St John Ambulance Cymru
• British Association for Immediate Care
• Blood Bikes Wales
• Wales Air Ambulance Charitable Trust

Rescue and support services

• Mountain Rescue England and Wales
• British Cave Rescue Council
• 4x4 Response
• Severn Area Rescue Association

Uniformed youth organisations

• Volunteer Police Cadets

Uniformed Services of Scotland

Law enforcement

• Police Scotland
• Scottish Prison Service
  • British Transport Police Ministry of Defence Guard Service
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Fire and rescue services

• Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Healthcare and medical services

National Health Service

• Scottish Ambulance Service (Includes Scottish Air Ambulance)
• Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

Charity and voluntary aid services

• St Andrew's First Aid
• British Association for Immediate Care Scotland
• Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance

Rescue and support services

• Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland
• British Cave Rescue Council
• Glasgow Humane Society Lifeboat
• St Abbs Lifeboat

Uniformed Services of Northern Ireland

Law enforcement

• Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Belfast Harbour Police
• Belfast International Airport Constabulary
• Northern Ireland Prison Service
• Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
• Northern Ireland Environment Agency
• Forest Service Northern Ireland
• Driver and Vehicle Agency

Fire and rescue services

• Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Healthcare and medical services

See main article: Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland).

• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust
• Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service

Charity and voluntary aid services

• St John Ambulance Northern Ireland
• British Association for Immediate Care Northern Ireland
• Air Ambulance Northern Ireland

Rescue and support services

• Irish Cave Rescue Organisation (Shared with the Republic of Ireland)

Defunct

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

Civil

• Civil Defence Service
• Civil Defence Corps
• Home Guard

See also

• British Armed Forces
• Law enforcement in the United Kingdom

References

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Notes and References

1. https://www.careers.ox.ac.uk/armed-forces-uniformed-services/
2. Web site: Emergency and uniform services | Explore careers.
3. Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside participate in a partnership called the North West Motorway Police Group