| BFPO Number | Post Code | Location | Location Extra | Controlling Postal Unit | Sub Offices | Officers | OR's | Gallery |
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| HPD | Home Postal Depot | AKA - Army Postal Service / Home Postal Centre / Home Postal Depot / BFPO London - variously located at: 1939 - Queen Street Post Office, Nottingham, then moved to the former US forces Postal Centre at Sutton Coldfield for a short while. By 1949 - 197, Knightsbridge, London. 1954 - Gorst Road, Acton, 1961 - Inglis Bcks, Mill Hill N W 7 and finally 2008 at RAF Northolt, Middlesex. | 1939 - 1945: Army postal centres in - London, Bristol, Leeds, Crewe, Edinburgh and Belfast | Total in 1944 in Postal reduced to 58 Officers | During WW 2 around 3,000 ATS sorted the Forces mails out of UK. Postal Staffing Levels 1944 = Sappers: 1571 + ATS - 1482, making a total of 3053 Other Ranks March 1951 - 1st PTS held at Inglis Bcks, at that time under command of The Middlesex Regt. October 2006 - final LAM dinner at Mill Hill. 7 Jul 2007 Gala Ball held to say farewell to Mill Hill. | /members-area/thegallery/mill-hill/ | ||
| 1908 - Royal Engineers (Postal Section) was formed. | On formation with 10 Officers | On formation with 290 ORs. | ||||||
| APO 1 | Cherbourg Christmas 1916 | Total staffing at the end of WW 1 = 7,000 all ranks, with Posties serving in every theatre of War. | ||||||
| APO S 40 | Cologne [ 1919 - 1929 ] | From 1929 Officer Strength reduced to 10, another report says 15 Officers between the wars. | Provided postal support of the first British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) and was closed in 1929 From 1929 - Posties totalled - 290 men, an alternative report quotes 250 ORs. | |||||
| Base Post Office | WW 2 - Calcutta | 81 (WA) Div Postal Unit RE | All mails for Far East theatres. | |||||
| Base Post Office Number 1 | WW 2 - Cherbourg | 42nd Division Postal Unit RE - is one identified Unit during WW 2. | WW 2 - Base Army Post Office at Le Havre Regulating Post Office at Bolougne to receive mails from Folkestone | 4 Sept 1939 Troops moved through Cherbourg, at the start of WW 2. | ||||
| FPO D - 1 | Suez | FPOs: Fayid and Famard | Military there Oct 1951 - Oct 1952. | |||||
| 1 | Hong Kong | Very early title: 40 APO. 40 PU RE later: 24 PC Sqn RE | CDO - RAF Kai Tak, FPO Osborn Bks, FPO HMS Tamar, FPO Sek Kong (Ghurka troops) FPO HQFARELF. | HK was formally handed over to China in 1997. | /members-area/thegallery/hong-kong/ | |||
| 2 | BF1 3AA | Washington, USA - Including HMS Saker | Det UK (Sp) PCCU RE, later Det 2 PC Regt RE | |||||
| 3 | Seoul, Korea | 1960: 260 PU RE. Later Det 40 PU RE | Nov 1950: Start of the Korean War, 1953: Mails circulated via Tokyo into Seoul. The anniversary of the end of the War, refers back to July 1963. | /members-area/thegallery/korea-1953/ | ||||
| DADAPS Japan | ||||||||
| 4 | BF1 3AD | Originated Kathmandu - for Brit Embassy. Transferred to HQ Gurkha forces Dharan cantonment, Nepal. Later: Kathmandu once more | Det 40 PU RE - later Det 24 Sqn 2 PC Regt RE | Opened 1973 by Eddie Lyons - Ongoing. | /members-area/thegallery/nepal/ | |||
| 5 | Singapore ANZUK Later moved to Bangkok | 17 BAPO, 302 PU RE Changed Feb 15, 1974 to: 28 PCCU RE | Closed 1976. | |||||
| 6 | Kiel | Wiki states: Headquarters Kiel Brigade (formed from Headquarters Artillery 8th Corps and in overall command of all Army units in the city), also elements of 6 Guards Brigade were also based in the Kiel area during the Summer/Autumn 1945. A reular mobile FPO called there from Hannover in the 1960 / 70s also to / from Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven. | ||||||
| 6 | Paris, France | 157 PU RE | Fontainebleau (AFCENT) | Closed 2010 | ||||
| 6 | BF1 2AA | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||
| 7 also 747 | Harare, Rhodesia | BMATT | ||||||
| 8 | Luneburg | Wiki: Confirms 1951 Military troops (22 Field Ambulance) stationed there - Alma Bcks (Also known as Airfield Camp) closed 1958 ? | ||||||
| 8 | BF1 2AB | Naples, Italy | Closed 2010. | /members-area/thegallery/naples/ | ||||
| 9 | Georgetown, British Guiana | FPO: George Town | Closed | |||||
| 9 | Goose Bay, Labrador Canada | Closed | ||||||
| 10 | BF1 3AF | Nairobi, Kenya | FPO Mombassa ( Silversands Leave Centre ) | Ongoing. | ||||
| 11 | BF1 3AG | Seria, Brunei | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/brunei/ | ||||
| 12 | BF1 3AH | Belize City, Honduras | FPO Stan Creek (Guatamala Border) | Ongoing | ||||
| 13 | Cairo, Egypt | 1941/42 WW 2 - OPERATION SAHARAN SAUNTER | ||||||
| 13 | Virgin Islands (??) | A (very) Vague suggestion - Possibly 1967 (ish) ? | ||||||
| 14 | Cameroons, West Africa | 470 PU RE (Unit HQ at Buea, Mount Cameroon) | FPOs: Bamenda; Kumba (RE Fld Sqn), RAF Mamfe | |||||
| 14 | BF1 3AJ | Suffield, Canada (Overseas training area to replace Libya) | 104 PU RE, then 2 PC Regt RE, later Det 1 PC Regt RE | BATUS Commander | Opened 16 Jan 1972. Ongoing. | /members-area/thegallery/canada/ | ||
| 15 | Herford | 1953: 8 CPD RE located at Pooggen Pohl. 1954: HPD (BAOR) Later - 4 Div PU RE - disbanded Feb 1976, became 4 Div Sqn 1 (BR) Corps PCCU RE until April 1979, then 14 PC Sqn RE. | Up to 1949 - Operated 10 coach TPO train to / from Hook of Holland with all UK Mails. In the 1950s major mails centre for BAOR Became railhead for overnight TPO train via Dortmund from and returning to Dusseldorf - although mails loaded at Moenchengladbach. Maresfield Bcks closed Oct 1994 - Ongoing at Hammersmith / Harewood / Wentworth Bcks. Ongoing, however - MOD announcement 5 Mar 2013: Closing 2015 | /members-area/thegallery/germany/herford/ | ||||
| 16 | BF1 0AB | Sennelager / Paderborn | Det 205 PU RE From 1968 - Det 4 Div PU RE | Athlone Bcks, Demsey Bcks also Crocker & Normandy Bcks Closed: 2002. Ongoing, however - MOD announcement 5 Mar 2013: Closing between 2015 and 2017. | /members-area/thegallery/sennelager/ | |||
| 17 | Munster | 5 / 6 Inf Bde PU RE Later 481 PU RE | Unknown closure dates of: Dennis, Oxford, & Wellington Bcks. Simpson Bcks closed Jan 1993, Buller, Swinton & Waterloo Bcks all closed Jan 1994, Portsmouth Bcks in Sep 1994, Lincoln Bcks closed Oct 1994. Winterbourne Bcks closed Jan 1995, Nelson Bcks closed Sep 1995, with York Bcks (2012). - Ongoing, however - MOD statement of 5 Mar all closed by 2013. | |||||
| 18 | Maastricht, Netherlands | Det 115 PU RE | Part closed Sep 1997, Ongoing | |||||
| 19 | Cologne (RAF Butzweilerhof) / BFBS also Bonn | Det WRS - later 32 Sqn 3 PC Regt RE | Daily mobile FPO from S 100, in the 1960/70s. Moore Bcks closed, Hampshire Bcks, Koln / Rheindahlen (?) closed 2002. | /members-area/thegallery/cologne-koln/ | ||||
| 19 | BF1 0AE | Hamm / Monchengladbach | Det WRS - later 32 Sqn 3 PC Regt RE | Cromwell Bcks & Newcastle Bcks Hamm closed ? | ||||
| 20 | Dortmund | 481 PU RE Later Det 2 Div PU RE | Napier, Suffolk & West Riding Bcks closed ? MOD also lists Redesdale Bcks & Ubique Bcks - both Dortmund (at BFPO 19) - as also being closed ? | /members-area/thegallery/germany/dortmund/ | ||||
| 21 | Emblem, Belgium | Det ERS - Just one of the 11 FPOs under control of ERS. Later 31 Sqn 3 PC Regt RE | Closed Nov 1991, became mobile FPO - out of SHAPE | /members-area/thegallery/germany/emblem/ | ||||
| 22 | Lubbecke later Paderborn / Lippstadt | 1950s: 151 PU RE Later Det 2 Div PU RE Became 2 Div Sqn 1 (BR) Corps PCCU RE until April 1979, then 12 PC Sqn RE. | Became a Mobile FPO out of Herford to support Church House Alanbrooke & Barker Bcks closed ? Tunis Bcks closed Apr 1992 Churchill & Horrocks Bcks Closed: July 1992. MOD statement of 5 Mar 2013 all Paderborn area will be closed by 2017. | |||||
| 23 | Celle / Walsrode Ammo Depot | Det 205 PU RE | Walsrode Ammo Depot closed 2002 Trenchard Bcks handed over in 2012. | |||||
| 24 | (BMH) Iserlohn / Herner | Det 5 Inf Bde PU RE Later Det 481 PU RE - also 4 Gds Bde PU RE, (transfering from Hubblerath). | Argonne Bcks (BMH) closed ?, also Aldershot, Barossa, Epsom, Corunna & Peninsuler Bcks closed ? FPO closed Jun 1994. | |||||
| 25 | Prince Rupert School, Brit forces boarding - Wilhelmshaven | Det 205 PU RE | Twice per week mobile run from Hannover via Hamburg / and / or Kiel. Prince Rupert School (PRS) opened in July 1947 and is believed to be the first comprehensive, co-educational, boarding school in Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea Coast. It closed in June 1972 and the school moved to a new purpose built establishment in Rinteln. | |||||
| 25 | Jever / Bruggen | WRS - later 32 Sqn 3 PC Regt RE | RAF were at Jever from 1945 to 1961. In 1961 the base was returned to the control of the German Air Force and became a NATO Air Base. Construction began of RAF Bruggen in mid-1952 becoming active in 1953, was a major station of the Royal Air Force until 15 June 2001. | |||||
| 26 | BF1 2AG | Casteau - SHAPE, Belgium | 115 PU RE / PCCU RE 1979 - 4 PC Regt RE | Ongoing - however there is a suggestion that the FPO closed in 2010. | /members-area/thegallery/shape/ | |||
| 27 | Hook of Holland | This Hook link for UK mails closed in 1949. | ||||||
| 27 | CDO Schwartzenmoor (aka Hannover Isodets) | Det 205 PU RE | Ongoing ? Probably not! | /members-area/thegallery/germany/hannover/ | ||||
| 28 | BF1 2AH | Brunssum, Netherlands | Det 115 PU RE | Ongoing - however suggestion that the FPO closed in 2010? | ||||
| 29 | Minden / Rinteln (BMH) | From 1968 - Det 4 Div PU RE | In June 1972 Prince Rupert School moved to a new purpose built establishment in Rinteln, a school for the children of service families in Germany Closures: Springbok Bcks Feb 1992, St Georges, Elizabeth & Westminster Bcks all closed Sept 1993, Kingsley Bcks June 1994 - Clifton & Rhodesia Bcks also closed? | /members-area/thegallery/germany/minden/ | ||||
| 30 | Hamburg | BMH Hamburg was a British Military Hospital from the post WW 2 years. It is now used by the German Army as Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg. It was a teaching hospital for RAMC Orderlies (Soldier Magazine of Nov 1949). | ||||||
| 30 | Hohne / Munsterlager | 1 Div PU RE | ||||||
| 31 | Hameln | Det 205 PU RE | ||||||
| 32 | Verden | 1 Div PU RE - Disbanded Feb 1976, became 1 Div Sqn 1 (BR) Corps PCCU RE until April 1979, then 11 PC Sqn RE. | Caithness, Shiel and Verden Bcks closed ? FPO Closed Apr 1994. | /members-area/thegallery/germany/verden/ | ||||
| 33 | Hannover | HQ 205 PU RE. - Disbanded Feb 1976, to HQ Sqn 1 (BR) Corps PCCU RE until April 1979. | Braunschweig. Wolfenbuttel - Railhead for Berlin | Yorkshire Bcks Braunschweig closed ? Northampton Bcks, Wolfenbuttel closed ? FPO there closed Oct 1992. | /members-area/thegallery/germany/hannover/ | |||
| 33 | Hannover | HQ 1 PC Regt RE Formed May 1, 1979 | Chatham & Stocken Bcks closed Oct 1992. FPO Closed Aug 1993. | /members-area/thegallery/germany/hannover/ | ||||
| 34 | Dusseldorf | 8 CPD RE - 1956 up to April 1979 | Rhine Area: FPO S 134 - Lohausen. S. 134 A - Rhine Centre, Hubblerath (and Wuppertal - see BFPO 46) were FPO set-ups within BFPO 34 in former years. | Various nearby Units collected their mails from FPO Lohausen, including those at Glamorgan Bcks Duisburg and Mulheim. Llanelly and Gort Bcks Hubblerath (Closed 1967) were occupied by HQ 4th Guards Brigade Group May 50 to May 64 and then HQ 7th Artillery Brigade 1964-1966 In early 1960s mobile FPO to Wuppertal from Hubblerath. | /members-area/thegallery/germany/dusseldorf-gallary/ | |||
| 34 | Dusseldorf | wef: May 1, 1979 - 3 PC Regt RE | Roy Bcks closed ?, Duisburg Closed Jul 1993, HQ Rhine Area closed Oct 1993, Caernarvon Bcks Closed Sep 1994, CDO closed Dec 1997, finally Rhine Centre closed Jun 1998. | /members-area/thegallery/germany/dusseldorf-gallary/ | ||||
| 35 | Krefeld | Det ERS - Just one of the 11 FPOs under control of ERS. - later 31 Sqn 3 PC regt RE | FPO s. 135 A - Willich | Closures: Linn Bcks (Naafi Depot) Sep 1991, Haynes bcks Dec 1989, also St Francisca when it was BFPO 19, closed ? Finally Closed: Bradbury Bcks in 2002 | ||||
| 35 | Elmpt | MOD announcement 5 Mar 2013: Closing 2015 | ||||||
| 36 | Osnabruck | Belfast, Prestatyn & Woolwich Bcks closed, also Quebec Bcks closed Aug 2008, Roberts Bcks closed Nov 2008, Imphal Bcks Closed: 2009 Scarborough Bcks Osnabruck Ongoing, however - MOD announcement 5 Mar 2013: Did not include Osnabruck, all BAOR closing by 2019 | ||||||
| 37 | Soltau - also Brannenburg | 1 Div PU RE | Bournemouth Bcks closed ? FPO closed Apr 1993. | |||||
| 38 | Fallingbostel | 1 Div PU RE | St Barbara & Wessex Bcks closed ? Ongoing, however - MOD announcement 5 Mar 2013: Closing 2015 | |||||
| 39 | Bielefeld | Det 205 PU RE det 1 (BR) Corps PCCU RE to 1979: Det 1 PC Regt RE 1989: Det 99 PC Sqn RLC | Although Brixton & Richmond Bcks closed Oct 1992, Redcar Bcks closed Oct 1993, Harrogate Bcks closed Apr 1994, Rochdale Bcks closed Jul 1994, Ripon Bcks closed Sep 1994, Rees Bcks Dec 1999, also Catterick & Mossbank Bcks - it remains Ongoing - see below for closure. | |||||
| DADAPS HQ 1(BR) Corps 8th July 2013 HQ BAOR | HQ BAOR moving here July 2013 with the closure of Rheindahlen Garrison. Total JHQ staff moving here = 372. MOD statement of 5 Mar 2013 indicates complete BAOR withdrawl by 2019 ? | |||||||
| 40 | Rheindahlen = HQ BAOR / HQ RAF (G) / HQ NORTHAG | WRS - later 32 Sqn of 3 PC Regt RE Nov 1993 - 99 PC Sqn RLC | FPO: S 100A - Ayrshire Bcks, S 100 B - Basement HQ BAOR (The Big House), S 100 C - Wickrath mobile. also Shopping Centre S. 140 A = BMH Wegberg. | Opened in 1954, following move of both JHQs from Bad Oeynhausen/Bad Eilsen to Rheindahlen Closures: Fife Bcks - June 1996, Ayrshire Bks (BFPO 19) in 2002, also Rotunda Bcks ? MOD statement of 5 Mar 2013, indicates that Ayrshire Bcks (South) is still ongoing and no firm decision has been made as to it`s closure as a part of the withdrawl from BAOR by 2019. Ongoing.?? Awaiting confirmation about S.100 - Church decommisioned 14th July 2013, Final March-past 11th July, 372 HQ BAOR staff moving to Bielefeld by the end of the month of July 2013. | /members-area/thegallery/germany/rheindahlen/ | |||
| HQ BAOR | PCS Dty Director (BAOR) | |||||||
| 41 | Detmold / Lemgo | From 1968 - Det 4 Div PU RE | Elles & Lothian Bcks - Closed Dec 1992, Hobart Bcks Closed: July 1995 Also Stornaway Bcks Closed ? FPO Closed Jun 1995. | |||||
| 42 | RAF Wildenrath - including Bruggen and Geilenkirchen | WRS - later 32 Sqn 3 PC Regt RE | FPO Closed Dec 1993 but mobile FPO from S 100 operated for MQs etc. | |||||
| 43 | RAF Laarbruch | WRS - later 32 Sqn 3 PC Regt RE | FPO closed Oct 1999. | |||||
| 44 | BF1 0AR | Dulmen / Hilde Wulfenn | Hilden Closed in 1965, also Delmenhorst & Oldenburg ?. Ongoing, since Dec 1998 all mails now received here by overnight container. MOD staement of 5 Mar 2013 indicates this will be one of the last bases to close as the withdrawl from BAOR is completed by 2019. | |||||
| 45 | 1945 - designated as APO E 560 Berlin | Berlin PCCU RE until April 1979, then Berlin PC TP RE. | FPO Opened Jan 1951 and Closed Dec 1994. Alexander, Brooke, McKenzie, Montgomery, Smuts, Stadium & Wavell Bcks closed ? Mobile FPO to Brit Embassy operated twice per week from Hohne. | |||||
| 46 | BF1 0AT | Wuppertal, upon closure transferred to: Bunde Goch/Wessel | 4 Gds Bde PU RE , later 2 Div PU RE | Bangor & Manchester Bcks closed in Wuppertal. Birdwood Bcks closed in Bunde. FPO Bunde closed Dec 1993. | ||||
| 47 | RAF Gutersloh | 1967: Det 2 Div PU RE | Princess Royal Bcks closed. Ongoing, however - MOD announcement 5 Mar 2013: Closing between 2015 and 2017. | |||||
| 48 | Nienburg | FPO closed Mar 1996. | ||||||
| 49 | BF1 2AN | Brussels, Belgium | Det 115 PU RE | Ongoing - however suggestions are that the FPO closed in 2010. | /members-area/thegallery/brussels/ | |||
| 50 | BF1 2AQ | HQAFNORTH, Kolsas, Norway | Det 115 PU RE | /members-area/thegallery/norway/ | ||||
| 50 | Stavanger, Norway | Ongoing - however suggestions are that the FPO closed in 2010. | /members-area/thegallery/norway/ | |||||
| 51 | Malta G.C. | |||||||
| 52 | BF1 2AR | Gibraltar - originally HMS Rooke (BFPO Ships) | Fortress PU RE / PCCU RE, then from 1979 - Fortress PC TP RE | Ongoing | ||||
| 53 | BF1 2AS | Island of Cyprus | 1958: 19 CPD RE, later (1968?) 275 PU RE 1979: 23 Sqn, 2 PC Regt RE | CDO: RAF Akrotiri FPOs: Dhekelia, Episkopi, Homs, Limassol, Troodos. UN Cyprus was supported by a Postie Cpl, complete with blue beret R & R relief was delivered by either 275 or DAPS staff. | Episkopi - ongoing. | /members-area/thegallery/cyprus/ | ||
| Island of Cyprus | PCS Dep Director (Med & Mideast) HQ FPCC | /members-area/thegallery/cyprus/ | ||||||
| 54 | Deccimomanu, Sardinia | In 1979 US Air Forces in Europe began regular air-to-air training missions at the new Decimomannu airbase in Sardinia. FPO closed Mar 1998. | ||||||
| 55 | 1949/50 - designated as APO S 247 Benghazi | Det 219 PU RE | FPO Barce Derna | /members-area/thegallery/libya-benghazi/ | ||||
| 56 | BF1 2AX | El Adam | 1960s: 219 PU RE later 261 PU RE | FPO Tobruk | ||||
| 56 | Madrid, Spain | Ongoing. | ||||||
| 57 | Tripoli | 1960s: 219 PU RE later 261 PU RE | ||||||
| 57 | BF1 2AT | Akrotiri, Cyprus | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/cyprus/ | ||||
| 58 | BF1 2AU | Dhekelia, Cyprus | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/cyprus/ | ||||
| 59 | BF1 2AW | Ayios Nikolaos, Cyprus | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/cyprus/ | ||||
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| 61 | BF1 2AY | Milan, Italy | Ongoing - however suggestions are that the FPO closed in 2010. | |||||
| 62 | Valencia, Spain | FPO closed 2009. | ||||||
| 63 | Bahrain | Det 261 PU RE | FPO - Hamala Camp | Closed: Nov 1971 | /members-area/thegallery/bahrain/ | |||
| 63 | BF1 3AQ | Virginia, USA - including Naval Party ashore | Ongoing | |||||
| 63A | Abu Dabi | Original mail route for Gulf area. Closed | ||||||
| 63B/64 | Sharjah | Det 261 PU RE | Closed: Nov 1971 | |||||
| 64 | BF1 3AS | Edwards AFB California | Ongoing | |||||
| 65 | RAF Masirah, Oman | Det 275 PU RE, later HQ UKLF | Staffing - see separate Oman article published May 2011. Sgt - later S.Sgt and Cpl. Staffing names are painted onto Turtle Shell, currently held at South Cerney, Gloucs. FPO Closed: Mar 1977 | /members-area/thegallery/oman/ | ||||
| 65 | BF1 2BA | Rome, Italy | Ongoing | |||||
| 66 | RAF Salalah, Oman | Det 275 PU RE, later HQ UKLF | Staffing - see separate Oman article published May 2011. Sgt - later S.Sgt and Cpl. FPO Closed: December 1977. | /members-area/thegallery/oman/ | ||||
| 66 | BF1 3AU | Creech AFB Indian Springs USA | Ongoing | |||||
| 68 | BF1 2BE | Poggio Renatico, Italy | Ongoing | |||||
| 69 | Aden | 261 PU RE (1965?) later 24 Inf Bde PU RE (1967 closure) | FPO - Falaise, FPO - Habkayn FPO - Steamer Point (Incl DAPS Mideast) | FPO Closed July 1967 | /members-area/thegallery/aden/ | |||
| 70 | Mombassa | |||||||
| 75 | Tehran, Iran | |||||||
| 75 | BF1 3BF | Eglin AFB Western Florida USA | Ongoing | |||||
| 80 | BF1 3BN | USN Jacksonville USA | Ongoing | |||||
| 90 | Aden | 261 PU RE (1965?) later 24 Inf Bde PU RE (1967 closure) | British forces there from 1955 to 1967. | /members-area/thegallery/aden/ | ||||
| 101 | Wolfenbuttel | Det 205 PU RE | Northampton Bcks, closed ? | |||||
| 102 | Hildesheim | Essex & Tofreck Bcks closed ? | ||||||
| 103 | Hamm - Brit Forces (Windsor) Boarding School, also Werl | Both Albuhera & Victoria Bcks closed July 1994. | ||||||
| 104 | Munsterlager | Dennis Bcks has closed. | ||||||
| 105 | BF1 0AX | Dusseldorf Isolated Dets. | Mainly Britsh Embassies / High Commissions - worldwide. As at July 2013 = 29 listed. | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/germany/dusseldorf-gallary/ | |||
| 106 | Soest / Werl | 3 Sqn 1 (BR) Corps PCCU RE until April 1979, then 13 PC Sqn RE. | BFPO 106 opened when the Canadians moved to the Black Forest area of Germany and the UK 6th Brigade moved in to Iserlohn/Hemer/ Soest and Werl. Circa 1971 /72. Salamanca Bcks closed ?. | |||||
| 107 | Lippstadt | Churchill Bcks, has closed. | ||||||
| 108 | Kiel | Det 205 PU RE | Wiki states: Headquarters Kiel Brigade (formed from Headquarters Artillery 8th Corps in overall command of all Army units in the city), also elements of 6 Guards Brigade were also based in the Kiel area during the Summer/Autumn 1945. A mobile called there from Hannover in the 1960 / 70s also to / from Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven. | |||||
| 109 | BF1 0DL | Ramstein | Ongoing - however suggestions are that the FPO closed in 2010? | |||||
| 110 | Willich | Wiki states: The British Army had soldiers stationed in Willich for more than 40 years: 40 Army Engineer Support Regiment (40 AESR), which by the early 80s was reduced down to 40 Army Engineer Support Group (40 AESG). Both units belonged to the Royal Engineers. In 1992 the camp was closed. | ||||||
| 112 | Menden | Northumberland Bcks closed Mar 1993. | ||||||
| 113 | Mansergh Bks, Gutersloh | Ongoing, however - MOD announcement 5 Mar 2013: Closing by 2017. | ||||||
| 114 | Korbecke | Wiki states: San Sebastian Bcks - still occupied in 1998 | ||||||
| 115 | Heidelberg | Regular Courier run from Duss in the 1970s Ongoing | ||||||
| 140 | BF1 0DQ | JHQ, Rheindahlen HQ, BFG | Move to Bielefeld in July 2013 by 372 staff will signal the final closure of HQ BAOR | /members-area/thegallery/germany/rheindahlen/ | ||||
| 150 | Karup, Denmark - Including Naval Party ashore. | Ongoing - however suggestions are that the FPO closed in 2010? | ||||||
| 151 | Edinburgh Field, Adelaide, Australia | Det 40 PU RE | ||||||
| 154 | Darwin, Australia | Det 40 PU RE | ||||||
| 159 | Maralinga, Australia | Det 40 PU RE | Wiki states: British nuclear tests at Maralinga occurred between 1955 and 1963 at the Maralinga site, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area, in South Australia | |||||
| 162 | Bermuda (HMS Malabar) | Closed 1995. | ||||||
| 163 | Gibraltar - HMS Rooke | |||||||
| 170 | Christmas Island (HMS Resolution) | 504 PU RE | Wiki states: First occupied by British Troops during WW 2 and finally moved out by 1969. | |||||
| 180 | RAF Gan | Det 275 PU RE | FPO opened Oct 1957. Closed in 1976. | /members-area/thegallery/gan/ | ||||
| 240-470 | BFPO Ships (as at July 2013) | RE (PS) took over control of all Ships Mails in 1962. | ||||||
| 485-497 | RN Parties abroad BFPO 497 - separately identified as Op Atalanta and is ongoing as at July 2013. | |||||||
| 500 - 599 | DPCS policy: BFPO 500 range - in Europe | |||||||
| 567 | United Nations, Nicosia, Cyprus | 275 PCCU RE / UK (Sp) PCCU RE | /members-area/thegallery/cyprus/ | |||||
| 589 | Ex Snow Queen | A Skiing in Bavaria, for familes as well as Military. | ||||||
| 599 | UK SUPU (Izmir, Turkey) | Ongoing | ||||||
| 622 | DPCS policy: BFPO 600 range - outside Europe | |||||||
| 601-609 | Op Newcombe / Op Serval, Mali. | Opened in 2012 - Ongoing. | ||||||
| 605 | RBAF, Brunei | Det 302 PU RE | /members-area/thegallery/brunei/ | |||||
| 620,623 | Canada? | From Dec 1964 through to May 1967. | /members-area/thegallery/canada/ | |||||
| 622 | BF1 6BD | IMATT (SL), Sierra Leone | Ongoing | |||||
| 626 | Nairobi, Kenya | BATUK - Training ground for military. | ||||||
| 627 | Simmanggang, Sarawak Borneo [ Sri Aman ] | Det 19 Inf Bde PU RE, then Det 5 Inf Bde PU RE | Closed Aug 1966, Peace treaty signed | /members-area/thegallery/borneo/ | ||||
| 628 | Kuching, Borneo | Det 19 Inf Bde PU RE, then Det 5 Inf Bde PU RE | Closed 1966 | /members-area/thegallery/borneo/ | ||||
| 630 | Dakar, Senegal | Closed | ||||||
| 632 | Zimbabwe, Rhodesia | Opened: 1978 Closed 1989. | ||||||
| 644 | BF1 6DF | BMATT Jordan | Ongoing | |||||
| 645 | Zambia, South Africa | Wiki states: British Army units were present from 1945 to 1964. | ||||||
| 650 | MFO Sinai | Wiki states: Very likely to have been allocated as a back-up for the Suez campaign. | ||||||
| 652 | Bechuanaland, South Africa | Wiki states: Very short-lived British colony in 1865, this BFPO probably allocated for Exercise purposes. | ||||||
| 655 | Ndola Zambia / Rhodesia | Opened in 1965 Closed in 1966. | ||||||
| 655 | BF1 6DU | Falkland Islands | 21 PC Sqn of 2 PC Regt RE | Mount Pleasant Airport. Stanley. Mount Alice. Byron Heights. South Georgia. | All - Ongoing. | /members-area/thegallery/falkland-islands/ | ||
| 656 | Op Crown, Bangkok [ Loeng Nok Tha, Mukdahan, North East Thailand ] | Det 302 PU RE | FPO - Airport site. In 1966 located in room 706 of Grand Hotel. | Feb 1963 - A Royal Engineers' Forces Post Office attached to the British Embassy remained in Bangkok after the last of the Royal Engineers involved in Operation Crown departed Thailand in 1968. | ||||
| 660 | Labuan, Borneo | Det 19 Inf Bde PU RE, then Det 5 Inf Bde PU RE | Closed | /members-area/thegallery/borneo/ | ||||
| 663 | Tawau, Borneo | Wiki states: British Forces present from 1962 to 1966 and was a part of the Indonesia / Malaysia campaign. | /members-area/thegallery/borneo/ | |||||
| 666 | Falkland Islands | 21 PC Sqn RE | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/falkland-islands/ | ||||
| 667 | Cyprus, UN Forces | /members-area/thegallery/cyprus/ | ||||||
| 670 | Kota Kinabalu, formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of the state of Sabah | Det 302 PU RE | ||||||
| 677 | BF1 6EX | RAF Ascension Ascensions | 21 PC Sqn RE | Opened May 1982, - Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/ascension/ | |||
| 678 | BF1 6EY | Two Boats Ascensions | ||||||
| 680 | BF1 6FA | BATUK (MAIN) Kenya | Ongoing | |||||
| 685 | Sibu, Borneo | Det 19 Inf Bde PU RE, then Det 5 Inf Bde PU RE | Closed Aug 1966, Peace treaty signed | /members-area/thegallery/borneo/ | ||||
| 700 | PC Division, School of Logistics, Deepcut | |||||||
| 747 | Rhodesia deployments | Btitish Troops present in 1997. | ||||||
| 769 | BF1 7EN | LST Oman | Ongoing | |||||
| 777 | D Def PCS, London – now HQ BFPO | Ongoing | ||||||
| 789 | 2 PC Regt RE | |||||||
| 801 | BF1 1AA | Lisburn, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | |||
| 802 | Ballykelly, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 803 | Armagh, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | |||||
| 804 | Omagh, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 805 | BF1 1AD | Ballykinler, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. - Latest MOD lists (July 2013) as Ongoing ? | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | |||
| 806 | BF1 1AE | Holywood, NI - including HMS Caroline | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | |||
| 807 | Londonderry, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | |||||
| 808 | BF1 1AG | Aldergrove, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | |||
| 809 | Portadown, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 811 | Bessbrook, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 812 | Dungannon, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 813 | Enniskillen, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 814 | Armagh, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 815 | Belfast, Girwood | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 816 | Belfast, MPH | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Closed. | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | ||||
| 825 | BF1 1AH | Lisburn, NI - later HQNI Complex / 38 Irish Brigade, NI | N I PCCU RE, then 22 PC Sqn RE | Ongoing | /members-area/thegallery/northern-ireland/ | |||
| 999 | FCT London (Ships) | Ongoing | ||||||
| 1000 | London Courier terminal | Ongoing | ||||||
| 1001 | RAF Brize Norton Courier Terminal | Ongoing | ||||||
| 1005 | FCT Brize Norton | Ongoing | ||||||
| 2000 | Westward (FCCS Only) | Ongoing |
Provided by John Jackett