BFPO Numbers

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

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.aspx

It 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.

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.

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

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.

Dave, I know that the BFPO No for Bielefeld was 39 - did it extend to Minden or was that 29, not sure?

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.....

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

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.

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.

Many thanks and welcome Cynic very informative...BAOR history must be recorded...

Lippstadt was BFPO 16 when I arrived there in '64.

Shelldrake wrote:

Lippstadt was BFPO 16 when I arrived there in '64.

So everything was fine 'till you turned up, you bugger !

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?

Third post down on page three i think.JPW

brum wrote:

Shelldrake wrote:

Lippstadt was BFPO 16 when I arrived there in '64.

So everything was fine 'till you turned up, you bugger !

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

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.

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.

Steve.L,
BFPO 33, Was it not Hannover !

Jimsigs1

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

I was in Nienburg (21 Engr Regt) 81-84/5 and it was BFPO48


Paul

Hamm, BFPO 103
Soest, BFPO 106
Gil Gil, Kenya, BFPO 10
That's all I know!