The Civil Defence Corps was a civilian volunteer organisation established in Great Britain in 1949 to take control in the aftermath of a nuclear attack. It was stood down in Great Britain in 1968 although still exists on the Isle of Man. Civil Defence Corps still exist in the Republic of Ireland as well as Australia (renamed the State Emergency Service in 1975) and New Zealand.
Read more about Civil Defence Corps: Organisation, Uniforms and Insignia, Industrial Civil Defence Service
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