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TomM Cpl


Number of posts : 11 Age : 83 Localisation : Benfleet Essex Cap Badge : RASC Places Served : Kettwig Germany Registration date : 2009-11-19
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 5/1/2010, 15:23 | |
| Hi Paul, I have a letter in my hand i wrote dated 12-2-1955, 115coy RASC, (MT) BFPO 27 Hook of Holland. Oh by the way i was the postman, My job was to collect the mail off the coloured trains and add our mail then put them on the ship for UK and vice versa. Any help, Tom |
|  | | Paul Maj Gen

Number of posts : 817 Age : 66 Localisation : Limavady, N.I. Cap Badge : R.E.M.E. Places Served : Arborfield (Basic training), S.E.M.E. Bordon (Trade training), Barnard Castle, Hemer, Belfast (Emergency Tour), Londonderry, Munster, Brunei, Hong Kong Registration date : 2008-04-06
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 5/1/2010, 15:50 | |
| - TomM wrote:
- 115coy RASC Hook of Holland 1954 was BFPO27 Tom.
It could be, Tom, it could be. The BAOR and BFPO numbers are on a page of their own here:- http://baor-locations.com/BFPO.aspxIt is thought that the BFPO system did not come into effect until 1957, so there could be a difference there. There is reference to 115 Company being in the Hook from 1954, but we have no other details at present. Do you have any, by chance? Paul. |
|  | | TomM Cpl


Number of posts : 11 Age : 83 Localisation : Benfleet Essex Cap Badge : RASC Places Served : Kettwig Germany Registration date : 2009-11-19
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 5/1/2010, 16:20 | |
| hi Paul, BFPO was up and running in 1954/55 when i was at the Hook, But I'm sorry I've no other details, I left the army in 1956 and my home camp in Kettwig changed it's post number but for the life of me i can not remember sorry! Tom. |
|  | | burgess720 WOI

Number of posts : 137 Registration date : 2008-07-09
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 10/2/2011, 02:47 | |
| Hi all,
Each BFPO had at least one post office manned by Royal Enginners These units used "Field Post Office" circular date stamps, with a number at the bottom which was not the BFPO number Anyone have list of the field post offices and numbers? This list would have included field post offices throughout the world, and may have even started in WW1?
Cheers Tony
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|  | | Dave Gill SSgt/CSgt

Number of posts : 45 Registration date : 2011-01-27
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 10/2/2011, 23:28 | |
| - griff029 wrote:
- Lemgo was 41 with Detmold (I think)
From what I remember youre correct Detmold was 41, Omagh 801 Munster 17 Minden, kingsley barracks I think was 39??? BUT NOT SURE. |
|  | | Shelldrake FM


Number of posts : 3020 Localisation : Camberley Cap Badge : Royal Artillery Places Served : Troon, Lippstadt, Devizes, NI, Paderborn, Dortmund, Colchester, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Gutersloh Registration date : 2010-10-26
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 11/2/2011, 19:35 | |
| Dave, I know that the BFPO No for Bielefeld was 39 - did it extend to Minden or was that 29, not sure? |
|  | | Dave Gill SSgt/CSgt

Number of posts : 45 Registration date : 2011-01-27
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 11/2/2011, 20:38 | |
| - Shelldrake wrote:
- Dave, I know that the BFPO No for Bielefeld was 39 - did it extend to Minden or was that 29, not sure?
I have tried to remember but I can't be sure - I defo remember Detmold and Omagh, which was Lisburn 801. But Minden... must be getting old..... |
|  | | mrshole Private

Number of posts : 3 Registration date : 2009-02-08
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 11/2/2011, 22:54 | |
| British Forces Post Office In the immediate post war era facilities for both official and private mail to and from the UK as well as internally within BAOR were the responsibility of the Royal Engineers Postal Services organisation. Within the British Zone the equivalent of the modern Post Code system was introduced with BAOR numbers being allocated to every major Garrison or RAF Station. Mail for the subordinate or outlying units was redistributed from these nodal points. JPW BAOR 1 - Bad Oeynhausen/HQ BAOR
BAOR 2 - Berlin/RAF Gatow
BAOR 3 - Hamburg
BAOR 4 - Düsseldorf/Duisburg/Essen/Mulheim/Wuppertal?
BAOR 5 - Hannover/Hameln?/RAF Wunstorf
BAOR 6 - Kiel/Plön/Neumünster
BAOR 7 - Not in use (1)
BAOR 8 - Lüneburg
BAOR 9 - Wuppertal?
BAOR 10 - Osnabrück
BAOR 11 - Braunschweig/Wolfenbuttel?
BAOR 12 - Münster
BAOR 13 - RAF Sylt
BAOR 14 - Dortmund/Witten Annan/Wetter
BAOR 15 - Herford/Detmold/Bad Salzulfen?
BAOR 16 - Paderborn/Bad Lippspringe/Sennelager
BAOR 17 - Not in use (1)
BAOR 18 -
BAOR 19 - Köln/Bonn/RAF Wahn/Wahnerheide/RAF Butzweilerhof
BAOR 20 - Soltau?/Munsterlager
BAOR 21 - Frankfurt/Baden Baden
BAOR 22 - Lübeck
BAOR 23 - Celle/Hohne/RAF Fassberg
NOT YET IDENTIFIED/CONFIRMED:
AACHEN, BAD SALZUFLEN, BRITISH TROOPS BELGIUM, BUNDE, GOTTINGEN, HAMM, HILDEN, HUSUM, ITZEHOE, MUNSTERLAGER, SOLTAU, WOLFENBUTTEL, WUPPERTAL
In 1957 the current world wide system of BFPO numbers was first introduced to British Forces based in Germany. This necessitated some changes to the previous BAOR numbers to both avoid duplication and reflect the major reorganisations being implemented throughout the former British Zone of Germany. JPW
BFPO 15 - Herford
BFPO 16 - Sennelager/Paderborn BFPO 17 - Münster BFPO 18 - Maastricht (Netherlands) BFPO 19 - Köln/Bonn BFPO 20 - Dortmund BFPO 21 - Emblem (Belgium) BFPO 22 - Lübbecke BFPO 23 - Celle BFPO 24 - Iserlohn BFPO 25 - Brüggen BFPO 27 - Hannover Isodets BFPO 28 - Brunssum (Netherlands) BFPO 29 - Minden BFPO 30 - Hohne BFPO 31 - Hameln BFPO 32 - Verden BFPO 33 - Hannover BFPO 34 - Düsseldorf BFPO 35 - Krefeld
BFPO 36 - Osnabrück
BFPO 37 - Soltau, also Brannenburg
BFPO 38 - Fallingbostel
BFPO 39 - Bielefeld
(1) The reason for this was some silly idea of security when 47 Fd Regt RA moved into Mansergh Bks. The idea was that the BFPO number and the unit shouldn't have the same number, despite the fact that the address would have both the BFPO number and the unit title on the envelope.
Plant Pilot BAOR 24 - Iserlohn/Menden
BAOR 25- Emden/Oldenburg/Wilhelmshaven/RAF Jever
BAOR 26 - Hildesheim/RAF Scharfoldendorf
BAOR 27 - Not in use (1)
BAOR 28 - Delmenhorst?/RAF Ahlhorn?
BAOR 29 - Minden
BAOR 30 - Fallingbostel
BAOR 31 - Schleswig?/RAF Schleswigland/Flensburg/Rendsburg
BAOR 32 - Verden/Rotenburg/Lienenau/Nienburg
BAOR 33 - Goslar/Bad Harzburg
BAOR 34 - Bracht/RAF Laarbruch/RAF Geilenkirchen/Krefeld/Willich
BAOR 35 - RAF Eindhoven
BAOR 36 -
BAOR 37 - Not in use (1)
BAOR 38 - Bad Eilsen/HQ RAF (G)/RAF Buckeburg (2)
BAOR 39 - Bielefeld/HQ 1 (BR) Corps/RAF Gütersloh/RAF Sundern
BAOR 40 - Mönchengladbach/Rheindahlen/HQ BAOR/HQ RAF (G) (3)
BAOR 41- Lippstadt
BAOR 42 - Lübbecke
BAOR 43 -
BAOR 44 Hilden?
1) The sequence BAOR 7, BAOR 17, BAOR 27 and BAOR 37 were never used to avoid confusion surrounding the handwritten English and German style figures 1 and 7.
2) Bad Eilsen/ HQ RAF (G) originally BAOR 1? Allocated separate Post Code in 19?? due to volume of mail.
3) HQ BAOR/HQ RAF (G) moved from Bad Oeynhausen/Bad Eilsen to Rheindahlen in 1954 and were reallocated to BAOR 40. BFPO 40 - Rheindahlen BFPO 41 - Detmold BFPO 42 - Wildenrath BFPO 43 - Laarbruch BFPO 44 - Dulmen BFPO 45 - Berlin BFPO 46 - Bünde BFPO 47 - Gütersloh BFPO 48 - Nienburg BFPO 49 - Brussels (Belgium) BFPO 101 - Wolfenbüttel BFPO 102 - Hildesheim BFPO 103 - Hamm/Werl BFPO 104 - Munsterlager BFPO 105 - Düsseldorf Isodets BFPO 106 - Soest
BFPO 107 - Lippstadt
BFPO 108 - Kiel
BFPO 109 - Ramstein
BFPO 110 - Willich
BFPO 112 - Menden
BFPO 113 - Mansergh Barracks, Gütersloh (1)
BFPO 114 - Körbecke
BFPO 140 - HQ BAOR
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|  | | cynic Private

Number of posts : 2 Registration date : 2012-06-15
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 15/6/2012, 17:18 | |
| Alanbrooke-Paderborn-BFPO22. Albuhera-Werl (formerly ’Werler-Stadwald’ Kasserne)-BFPO (Closed 20.07.1994). Aldershot-Iserlohn-BFPO24 (Closed) Alexander-Berlin-BFPO45. Alma-Lüneburg-BFPO8. Argonne(BMH)-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Athlone-Sennelager-BFPO16. Ayrshire-München-Gladbach(Rheindahlen)-BFPO19. (Closed 00.00.2002) Bangor-Wuppertal-BFPO Barker-Paderborn-BFPO22. Barrossa-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Belfast(formerly Scharnhorst Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36. Binden-Hameln-BFPO31. Birdwood-Bünde-BFPO46. Bournemouth-Soltau-BFPO37. Bradbury-Krefeld-BFPO (Closed 00.00.2002) Brixton-Bielefeld (see Richmond)-BFPO39.(Closed ??) Brooke-Berlin-BFPO45. (Closed ?) Buller-Münster-Gremmendorf-BFPO17.(Closed 20.01.1994). Now a housing estate. Caernarvon-Düßeldorf-BFPO34.(Closed 00.09.1994). Caithness-(formerly Lindhooper Kasserne)-Verden-BFPO32. (Closed ?). Catterick(Formerly Lauter Kasserne)-Bielefeld-BFPO39. Chatham-Hannover-BFPO33. Churchill-Lippstadt-BFPO22. Clifton-Minden (formerly ’Mudra’ Kasserne)-BFPO29. (Closed ?). Collective-Hohne-BFPO30. Corunna-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Crocker-Sennelager-BFPO16.(Occupied an area of 14 Hectares-Closed 2002). Cromwell-Hamm-BFPO19. Delmenhorst-BFPO44. Dempsey-Sennelager-BFPO16. Dennis-Münster-BFPO17. Elizabeth-Minden (formerly ’Gneisenau’ Kasserne)-BFPO(Closed 10.09.1993). Elles-Detmold (formerly ’Emilien’ Kasserne)-BFPO41. (Closed10.12.1992) Epsom-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Essex-Hildesheim-BFPO Fife-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. (Closed 00.06.1996). Glamorgan-Duisburg (Formerly Alter Flak Kasserne)-BFPO (Closed 01.03.1993). Gordon-Hameln(Hamelin)-BFPO31. Hamburg BFPO30. Hammersmith(Formerly Estorff Kasserne)-Herford-BFPO15. (Still used by HQ 1st Arm’d Div) Hampshire-Rheindahlen-BFPO19 & 40.(Closed 00.00.2002). Harding-Wuppertal-BFPO Harewood(Formerly Otto Weddingen Kasserne)-Herford-BFPO15. (Still in use). Harrogate-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 6.4 Hectares-Closed 29.04.1994). Haynes-Krefeld-BFPO35. (Closed 20.12.1989). Hilden-BFPO44. Hilsea-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. Hobart-Detmold-BFPO41. (Closed 31.07.1995). Hohne(Formerly Bergen Kasserne)-BFPO Horrocks-Paderborn-BFPO22.(Closed 20.07.1992). Imphal(Mercer)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closes 2009). Keighley-Wuppertal-BFPO Kiel BFPO6. Kingsley-Minden-BFPO29. (Closed 01.06.1994). Kitchener-Krefeld-BFPO19. Langenhagen-Hannover-BFPO33. Lincoln-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 24.10.1994). Linn-NAAFI Depot-Krefeld-BFPO19. (Closed 25.09.1991). Lothian-Detmold-BFPO (Closed 15.12.1992). Lippstadt BFPO22. Lumsden-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. Manchester-Wuppertal-BFPO Maresfield-Herford-BFPO15. (Closed 19.08.1994). McKenzie-Berlin-BFPO45. Montgomery-Berlin-BFPO45. Moore-Dortmund-BFPO19. Mossbank-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (formerly German ’Langermark’ Kasserne) Napier-Dortmund-BFPO20. (formerly ’Richthofen’ Kasserne) Nelson-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 28.09.1995). Newcastle-Hamm-BFPO19. Normandy-Sennelager-BFPO16. Northampton-Wolfenbütel-BFPO Northumberland-Menden-BFPO(Closed 26.03.1993). Oldenburg-BFPO44. Oxford-Münster-BFPO17. Paderborn-BFPO16. Penninsuler-Iserlohn-Dielinghofen-BFPO24. Portsmouth-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 28.09.1994). Prestatyn-(Formerly German ’Metze’ Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closed). Princess Royal-Gütersloh-BFPO47. Quebec-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closes 08.2008). Ripon-Bielefeld (formerly ’von Bülow’ Kasserne)-BFPO39.(Occupied an area of 13.9 Hectares-Closed 30.09.1994). Redcar-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 4.2 Hectares-Closed 08.10.1993). Redesdale-Dortmund-BFPO19 Rees-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Closed 31.12.1999). Rhodesia-Minden-BFPO29. Richmond-Bielefeld (formerly Brixton)-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 7 Hectares-Closed 29.10.1992). Roberts(Winkelhausen)-Osnabrück (formerly ’Haste’ Kasserne)-BFPO36.(Closes 11.2008). Rochdale(Formerly Langermarck Kasserne)-Bielefeld (formerly Mossbank)-BFPO39.(Occupied an area of 8.7 Hectares-Closed 26.07.1994). Rotunda-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. Roy-Düßeldorf-BFPO Salamanca-Soest-BFPO Scarborough(Caprivi)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Still in use). Shiel-(formerly Brunenweg Kasserne)-Verden-BFPO32. (Closed ?) Simpson-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 29.01.1993). Smuts-Berlin-BFPO45. Springbok-Minden-BFPO29. (Closed 27.02.1992). Stadium-Berlin-BFPO45. Stöcken-Hannover-BFPO33. Stornoway-Lemgo-BFPO (Closed). St.Barbara-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. St.Georges-Minden-BFPO29.(Closed 24.09.1993). St.Fransisca-Krefeld-BFPO19. Suffolk-Dortmund-BFPO20. Swinton-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 20.01.1994). Tofrek-Hildesheim-BFPO Trenchard-Celle-BFPO23. Tunis-Lübbeck-BFPO (Closed 01.04.1992). Ubique-Dortmund-BFPO19. Verden-BFPO32. Victoria-Werl-BFPO(Closed 20.07.1994). Walsrode Ammunition Depot-BFPO23. Waterloo-Münster (formerly ’Kassernegelande-Loddenheide’-BFPO17.(Closed 20.01.1994). Wavell-Berlin-BFPO45. Wellington-Münster-BFPO17. Wentworth-Herford-BFPO15 (formerly Stobbe Kasserne). (Still used by HQ 1st Arm’d Div). Wessex-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. Westminster-Minden (formerly Simones Kasserne)-BFPO29. (Closed 30.09.1993). West Riding-Dortmund-BFPO20. Winterbourne-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 31.01.1995). Woolwich(Formerly von Stein Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36. Wyverne-
Yorkshire-Braunschweig-BFPO33. (Closed) York-Münster (formerly Gremmendorf Kasserne)-BFPO17. |
|  | | cynic Private

Number of posts : 2 Registration date : 2012-06-15
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 15/6/2012, 21:00 | |
| Alanbrooke-Paderborn-BFPO22. Albuhera-Werl (formerly ’Werler-Stadwald’ Kasserne)-BFPO (Closed 20.07.1994). Aldershot-Iserlohn-BFPO24 (Closed) Alexander-Berlin-BFPO45. Alma-Lüneburg-BFPO8. Argonne(BMH)-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Athlone-Sennelager-BFPO16. Ayrshire-München-Gladbach(Rheindahlen)-BFPO19. (Closed 00.00.2002) Bangor-Wuppertal-BFPO Barker-Paderborn-BFPO22. Barrossa-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Belfast(formerly Scharnhorst Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36. Binden-Hameln-BFPO31. Birdwood-Bünde-BFPO46. Bournemouth-Soltau-BFPO37. Bradbury-Krefeld-BFPO (Closed 00.00.2002) Brixton-Bielefeld (see Richmond)-BFPO39.(Closed ??) Brooke-Berlin-BFPO45. (Closed ?) Buller-Münster-Gremmendorf-BFPO17.(Closed 20.01.1994). Now a housing estate. Caernarvon-Düßeldorf-BFPO34.(Closed 00.09.1994). Caithness-(formerly Lindhooper Kasserne)-Verden-BFPO32. (Closed ?). Catterick(Formerly Lauter Kasserne)-Bielefeld-BFPO39. Chatham-Hannover-BFPO33. Churchill-Lippstadt-BFPO22. Clifton-Minden (formerly ’Mudra’ Kasserne)-BFPO29. (Closed ?). Collective-Hohne-BFPO30. Corunna-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Crocker-Sennelager-BFPO16.(Occupied an area of 14 Hectares-Closed 2002). Cromwell-Hamm-BFPO19. Delmenhorst-BFPO44. Dempsey-Sennelager-BFPO16. Dennis-Münster-BFPO17. Elizabeth-Minden (formerly ’Gneisenau’ Kasserne)-BFPO(Closed 10.09.1993). Elles-Detmold (formerly ’Emilien’ Kasserne)-BFPO41. (Closed10.12.1992) Epsom-Iserlohn-BFPO24. Essex-Hildesheim-BFPO Fife-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. (Closed 00.06.1996). Glamorgan-Duisburg (Formerly Alter Flak Kasserne)-BFPO (Closed 01.03.1993). Gordon-Hameln(Hamelin)-BFPO31. Hamburg BFPO30. Hammersmith(Formerly Estorff Kasserne)-Herford-BFPO15. (Still used by HQ 1st Arm’d Div) Hampshire-Rheindahlen-BFPO19 & 40.(Closed 00.00.2002). Harding-Wuppertal-BFPO Harewood(Formerly Otto Weddingen Kasserne)-Herford-BFPO15. (Still in use). Harrogate-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 6.4 Hectares-Closed 29.04.1994). Haynes-Krefeld-BFPO35. (Closed 20.12.1989). Hilden-BFPO44. Hilsea-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. Hobart-Detmold-BFPO41. (Closed 31.07.1995). Hohne(Formerly Bergen Kasserne)-BFPO Horrocks-Paderborn-BFPO22.(Closed 20.07.1992). Imphal(Mercer)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closes 2009). Keighley-Wuppertal-BFPO Kiel BFPO6. Kingsley-Minden-BFPO29. (Closed 01.06.1994). Kitchener-Krefeld-BFPO19. Langenhagen-Hannover-BFPO33. Lincoln-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 24.10.1994). Linn-NAAFI Depot-Krefeld-BFPO19. (Closed 25.09.1991). Lothian-Detmold-BFPO (Closed 15.12.1992). Lippstadt BFPO22. Lumsden-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. Manchester-Wuppertal-BFPO Maresfield-Herford-BFPO15. (Closed 19.08.1994). McKenzie-Berlin-BFPO45. Montgomery-Berlin-BFPO45. Moore-Dortmund-BFPO19. Mossbank-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (formerly German ’Langermark’ Kasserne) Napier-Dortmund-BFPO20. (formerly ’Richthofen’ Kasserne) Nelson-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 28.09.1995). Newcastle-Hamm-BFPO19. Normandy-Sennelager-BFPO16. Northampton-Wolfenbütel-BFPO Northumberland-Menden-BFPO(Closed 26.03.1993). Oldenburg-BFPO44. Oxford-Münster-BFPO17. Paderborn-BFPO16. Penninsuler-Iserlohn-Dielinghofen-BFPO24. Portsmouth-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 28.09.1994). Prestatyn-(Formerly German ’Metze’ Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closed). Princess Royal-Gütersloh-BFPO47. Quebec-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Closes 08.2008). Ripon-Bielefeld (formerly ’von Bülow’ Kasserne)-BFPO39.(Occupied an area of 13.9 Hectares-Closed 30.09.1994). Redcar-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 4.2 Hectares-Closed 08.10.1993). Redesdale-Dortmund-BFPO19 Rees-Bielefeld-BFPO39. (Closed 31.12.1999). Rhodesia-Minden-BFPO29. Richmond-Bielefeld (formerly Brixton)-BFPO39. (Occupied an area of 7 Hectares-Closed 29.10.1992). Roberts(Winkelhausen)-Osnabrück (formerly ’Haste’ Kasserne)-BFPO36.(Closes 11.2008). Rochdale(Formerly Langermarck Kasserne)-Bielefeld (formerly Mossbank)-BFPO39.(Occupied an area of 8.7 Hectares-Closed 26.07.1994). Rotunda-Rheindahlen-BFPO40. Roy-Düßeldorf-BFPO Salamanca-Soest-BFPO Scarborough(Caprivi)-Osnabrück-BFPO36.(Still in use). Shiel-(formerly Brunenweg Kasserne)-Verden-BFPO32. (Closed ?) Simpson-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 29.01.1993). Smuts-Berlin-BFPO45. Springbok-Minden-BFPO29. (Closed 27.02.1992). Stadium-Berlin-BFPO45. Stöcken-Hannover-BFPO33. Stornoway-Lemgo-BFPO (Closed). St.Barbara-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. St.Georges-Minden-BFPO29.(Closed 24.09.1993). St.Fransisca-Krefeld-BFPO19. Suffolk-Dortmund-BFPO20. Swinton-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 20.01.1994). Tofrek-Hildesheim-BFPO Trenchard-Celle-BFPO23. Tunis-Lübbeck-BFPO (Closed 01.04.1992). Ubique-Dortmund-BFPO19. Verden-BFPO32. Victoria-Werl-BFPO(Closed 20.07.1994). Walsrode Ammunition Depot-BFPO23. Waterloo-Münster (formerly ’Kassernegelande-Loddenheide’-BFPO17.(Closed 20.01.1994). Wavell-Berlin-BFPO45. Wellington-Münster-BFPO17. Wentworth-Herford-BFPO15 (formerly Stobbe Kasserne). (Still used by HQ 1st Arm’d Div). Wessex-Fallingbostel-BFPO38. Westminster-Minden (formerly Simones Kasserne)-BFPO29. (Closed 30.09.1993). West Riding-Dortmund-BFPO20. Winterbourne-Münster-BFPO17. (Closed 31.01.1995). Woolwich(Formerly von Stein Kasserne)-Osnabrück-BFPO36. Wyverne-
Yorkshire-Braunschweig-BFPO33. (Closed) York-Münster (formerly Gremmendorf Kasserne)-BFPO17.
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|  | | steve LE Maj


Number of posts : 826 Age : 69 Localisation : near Cuxhaven Cap Badge : Royal Signals + Royal Engineers Places Served : Verden-Aller + Willich + Iserlohn + Hameln Registration date : 2010-02-14
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 16/6/2012, 17:00 | |
| Many thanks and welcome Cynic very informative...BAOR history must be recorded... |
|  | | Shelldrake FM


Number of posts : 3020 Localisation : Camberley Cap Badge : Royal Artillery Places Served : Troon, Lippstadt, Devizes, NI, Paderborn, Dortmund, Colchester, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Gutersloh Registration date : 2010-10-26
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 16/6/2012, 19:53 | |
| Lippstadt was BFPO 16 when I arrived there in '64. |
|  | | brum FM

Number of posts : 2808 Age : 78 Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire Cap Badge : RA/QOH Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich Registration date : 2010-03-02
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 16/6/2012, 20:50 | |
| - Shelldrake wrote:
- Lippstadt was BFPO 16 when I arrived there in '64.
So everything was fine 'till you turned up, you bugger ! |
|  | | JPW Let Gen

Number of posts : 1095 Age : 77 Localisation : Berkshire Cap Badge : REME Places Served : Rotenburg Ploen Lippstadt Hamm Wetter Minden Munster Bielefeldt Dusseldorf Registration date : 2008-11-09
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 16/6/2012, 21:43 | |
| Cynic
Welcome, what a magnificent contribution
You don't by chance have the details of the system in use between 1947 and 1952 involving BAOR rather than BFPO numbers? |
|  | | Guest Guest
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 16/6/2012, 23:21 | |
| Third post down on page three i think.JPW |
|  | | Shelldrake FM


Number of posts : 3020 Localisation : Camberley Cap Badge : Royal Artillery Places Served : Troon, Lippstadt, Devizes, NI, Paderborn, Dortmund, Colchester, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Gutersloh Registration date : 2010-10-26
 | |  | | steve LE Maj


Number of posts : 826 Age : 69 Localisation : near Cuxhaven Cap Badge : Royal Signals + Royal Engineers Places Served : Verden-Aller + Willich + Iserlohn + Hameln Registration date : 2010-02-14
 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 17/6/2012, 10:08 | |
| BFPO Numbers from the end of the 1900s to 2011
1 – Washington/USA 4 – Kathmandu/Nepal 6 – Lisbon/Portugal 8 – Naples/Italy 9 – Goose Bay/Canada – now closed 10 – Nairobi/Kenya 11 – Seria/Brunei 12 – Belize City/Belize 14 – Suffield/Canada 15 – Herford/Germany 16 – Sennelager/Germany 17 – Münster/Germany 18 – Maastricht/Holland 19 – Mönchengladbach/Germany 21 – Emblem/Belgium – now closed 22 – Paderborn/Germany 23 – Celle/Germany 25 – Brüggen/Germany – now closed 26 – Casteau/Belgium 28 – Brunssum/Holland 30 – Hohne/Berlin/Hamburg 31 – Hameln/Germany 35 – Krefeld/Germany – now Elmpt 36 – Osnabrück/Germany – now closed 38 – Fallingbostel/Germany 39 – Bielefeld/Germany 40 – Rheindahlen/Germany 44 – Dülmen/Germany 47 – Gütersloh/Germany 49 – Brussels/Belgium 50 – Stavenger/Norway 51 – Wainwright/Seattle/Canada – now closed 52 – Gibralter 53 – Episkopi/Cyprus 57 – Akrotiri/Cyprus 58 – Dhekelia/Cyprus 59 – Ayios Nikolaos/Cyprus 61 – Milan/Italy 63 – Virginia/USA 65 – Rome/Italy 109 – Ramstein/Germany 113 – Mansergh Barracks/Gütersloh/Germany 115 – Heidelberg/Germany 140 – JHQ Rheindahlen/Germany 150 – Karup/Denmark 599 – UKSUPU (Izmir)/Turkey – now closed 605 – RBAF/Brunei 622 – IMATT (SL)/Sierra Leone 655 – Mount Pleasant Airport/Falkland Islands 655 – Stanley/Falkland Islands 655 – Mount Alice/Falkland Islands 655 – Byron Heights/Falkland Islands 655 – South Georgia/Falkland Islands 677 – RAF Ascension/Ascension Island 700 – PC Division/School of Logistics/Deepcut 747 – British Embassies (Military Staff)/London 777 – D Def PCS/London – now HQ BFPO 785 – SSVC HQ/London 786 – SSVC TV & Radio/London 794 – FRACRS Centre/Andover 801 – Lisburn/Northern Ireland 802 – Ballykelly/Northern Ireland 803 – Armagh/Northern Ireland – now closed 804 – Omagh/Northern Ireland – now closed 805 – Ballykinler/Northern Ireland 806 – Holywood/Northern Ireland 807 – Londonderry/Northern Ireland 808 – Aldergrove/Northern Ireland 809 – Portadown/Northern Ireland – now closed 825 – 38 Irish Brigade/ Northern Ireland 1000 – London Courier Terminal/London 1001 – RAF Brize Norton Courier Terminal/Brize Norton
Isolated Detachments BFPO 105 Box number 589 – British Alpine Centre (Bavaria) 2001 – Combined Group Germany BLO Sigs, Pocking 2002 – Land Liason Office North Rhine Westphalia 2002 – British Consulate General Düsseldorf 2003 – NATO School SHAPE Oberammergau 2004 – ICAOC (Kalkar)/RF Air 2005 – ICAOC (Messtetten) – now CAOC2 Uedem 2006 – Adventure Training School Kiel 2007 – British Element 1 LRRP School Pfullendorf – now BLO Signals, Pocking 2008 – British Element MOD Bonn 2009 – British Consulate General Frankfurt – now closed 2010 – NETMA/BCG/BSSO München 2011 – Units located in Köln 2012 – British Embassy Bonn Office – now closed 2013 – Other units Bonn 2014 – Units in Koblenz – now OCCAR/COBRA 2015 – Hannover units – now BLO Infantry, Hammelburg 2016 – BLO Pionierschule 2017 – BLO GARFCOM, Koblenz 2019 – Naval Exchange Officer, Bremerhaven 2020 – German Armed Forces Staff College, Hamburg 2021 – The Naval Outdoor Centre 2022 – Exchange Officer in Jever
Isolated Detachments BFPO 808 – Northern Ireland Box number 811 – Bessbrook – now closed 812 – Dungannon – now closed 813 – Enniskillen – now closed 814 – Armagh – now closed 815 – Belfast, Girwood – now closed 816 – Belfast, MPH – now closed 825 – HQNI Complex – now closed
817 – 824 These BFPOs may be used periodically in support of operational deployments
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 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 18/6/2012, 10:41 | |
| Gordon
Thank you but if you look carefully you will see your reference is a transcript of my original contribution to be still found off the site main, not forum, page.
There were gaps then, still more now following Steve and my ongoing researches into the 1945-48 period of BAOR
Ultimately I would love to produce of BAOR era post codes for the period 1947--52 in a similar format to Cynic's contribution but that is a long way off yet and may never be completed. |
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 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 18/6/2012, 13:21 | |
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 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 19/6/2012, 09:17 | |
| What happened to B.F.P.O. 33?
It used to be Bad Harzburg, Goslar but was later Hannover and area including Wölfenbuttel.
I expect it closed in the early 1990's when the R.A.C. recce unit was withdrawn. |
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 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 20/6/2012, 22:35 | |
| Steve.L, BFPO 33, Was it not Hannover !
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 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 21/6/2012, 08:09 | |
| jimsigs1,
Yes. I believe 33 was officially listed as Hannover but it covered a wide area including the old rest centres at Bad Harzburg and the barracks at Goslar and STC Silberhutte I think and may have extended to the Border crossing at Helmstedt although that was also covered by Berlin as most of the RMP and REME seemed to be based there.
This simple topic of B.F.P.O.'s seems to have generated lots of interest and correspondence and all interesting. I have seen some published lists but none as detailed as the ones listed above.
Steve
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 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 25/6/2014, 19:35 | |
| I was in Nienburg (21 Engr Regt) 81-84/5 and it was BFPO48
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 | Subject: Re: BFPO Numbers 25/6/2014, 21:34 | |
| Hamm, BFPO 103 Soest, BFPO 106 Gil Gil, Kenya, BFPO 10 That's all I know! |
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