Mobile Defence Corps

Mobile Defence Corps
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Active	1 April 1955 – 28 February 1959
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Civil defence

The Mobile Defence Corps was a British Army unit intended to assist in civil defence operations in the aftermath of a nuclear attack. It was established in 1955 from British Army and Royal Air Force personnel, with an intended strength of 48 battalions, later reduced to 36 battalions (with a total establishment of 29,500 men). Officers and non-commissioned officers were volunteers, with many coming from the army's Anti-Aircraft Command, which had disbanded in 1955. The other ranks were generally conscripts from the National Service scheme. The RAF involvement in the unit ceased in 1957. The unit reached a strength of around 14,000 men before being disbanded in 1959 in anticipation of the ending of National Service.