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jimsigs1
Let Gen
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jimsigs1


Number of posts : 1298
Age : 89
Localisation : West of England
Cap Badge : Royal Signals
Places Served : Harrogate 1949-52. HQ BAOR Sig Regt 1952-54, Korea 1954-55, Egypt 1955, Cyprus 1955-57, HMS Santon 1957, UK 7th Hussars 1957-59, 1st Gds Bde 1959-60, 201 Signal Sqn 1960-62, 206 Sig Sqn 1962-63, 7 Sig Regt 1963-66, 249 Sig Sqn 1966-68, 11 Sig Regt 1968-72. Retired 1972
Registration date : 2010-02-22

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime20/6/2012, 22:35

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

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Steve.L
Sgt
Sgt



Number of posts : 21
Age : 79
Localisation : France
Cap Badge : R. Signals
Places Served : Birgelin, Langeleben, Singapore, Borneo,Brunei
Registration date : 2011-06-10

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime21/6/2012, 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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ScouseWylde
Private
Private
ScouseWylde


Number of posts : 2
Localisation : CVheshire
Cap Badge : Royal Engineers
Places Served : JLRRE Dover 75/76, 3TRRE 76, 51 Fd Sqn (Airfds) Waterbeach 76/77, 51 Fd Sqn (Const) Ripon 77/81, RHQ 21 Engr Regt Nienburg 81/85, 3 Fd Sqn Perham Down 85/86- Demob Jan 1986
Registration date : 2014-06-25

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime25/6/2014, 19:35

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


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biggsy
Sgt
Sgt



Number of posts : 33
Age : 62
Localisation : Linolnshire.
Cap Badge : RA
Places Served : Kenya, Worthy Down, Winchester, Andover, Detmold, Soest, Hamm, Korbecke, Kirton Lindsey,
Registration date : 2012-05-18

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime25/6/2014, 21:34

Hamm, BFPO 103
Soest, BFPO 106
Gil Gil, Kenya, BFPO 10
That's all I know!
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Pborn4
Brig
Brig
Pborn4


Number of posts : 653
Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes
Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3
Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012)
Registration date : 2016-12-16

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PostSubject: BFPO   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime25/8/2020, 22:09

75 years complete BFPO

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alan8376
Brig
Brig



Number of posts : 734
Age : 76
Localisation : Norfolk, UK
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : Carlisle AAS, Aden, Hildesheim, Bordon, Fallingbostel, Dover, NI Tours, Osnabruck, Herford, Muenster, UN Nicosia, SBA Dhekellia Cyprus x2, Waterbeach, Civi Street 1988. Retired from VOSA 2007.
Registration date : 2009-07-28

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime26/8/2020, 10:51

Was there not confusion about one BFPO number getting mixed up?

I can't now remember the story behind it?


Alan...
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Pborn4
Brig
Brig
Pborn4


Number of posts : 653
Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes
Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3
Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012)
Registration date : 2016-12-16

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime12/9/2020, 21:22

Alan,
Was this the half remembered story:

BFPO 47 (RAF GT) and BFPO 113 (Mansergh Bks, GT) The reason for this divergence 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 separate lines on the envelope.

Even earlier     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.
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Pborn4
Brig
Brig
Pborn4


Number of posts : 653
Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes
Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3
Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012)
Registration date : 2016-12-16

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PostSubject: BFPO 16 loading dock (site faces on to Bielefelderstr.)   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime14/12/2021, 15:48

BFPO 16 - Sennelager  - Rear Entrance and loading dock: viewed from inside Normandy Barracks

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Pborn4
Brig
Brig
Pborn4


Number of posts : 653
Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes
Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3
Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012)
Registration date : 2016-12-16

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PostSubject: BFPO Numbers and Postcodes    BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime7/1/2022, 01:21

And now:

Drawdown and Close down left the German Postal system with problems delivering mail to BFPO addresses which were no longer there AND an increase in Mail Order  and Online purchasing by people entitled to BFPO services led to an increase in packages being left at  BFPO Mill Hill and later BFPO Northolt, and courier drivers from Logistic centres in Germany had even greater problems at civilian addresses on MQ estates or BFPO numbers for barracks.  So to level the playing field BFPO Numbers received a UK Post Code!

Lists are here:  (Main link)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/british-forces-post-office-locations/british-forces-post-office-locations-updated-17-june-2019

" Only use postcodes when ordering items from UK-based websites"

BFPO 16 - Sennelager          
BF1 0AB

BFPO 19 - Monchengladbach  
BF1 0AE

BFPO 26 - Casteau   SHAPE Belgium             
BF1 2AG

BFPO 28 - Brunssum   Holland         
BF1 2AH

BFPO 44 - Wulfen                
BF1 0AR

BFPO 46 - Goch/Wessel        
BF1 0AT

BFPO 49 - Brussels     Belgium         
BF1 2AN

BFPO 50 -  Stavanger    Norway        
BF1 2AQ

BFPO 52 -  Gibraltar              
BF1 2AR

BFPO 53 - Episkopi  Cyprus
BF1 2AS

BFPO 57 - Akrotiri  Cyprus
BF1 2AT

BFPO 58 - Dhekelia Cyprus
BF1 2AU

BFPO 59 - Ayios Nikolaos  Cyprus
BF1 2AW

BFPO 105 - Isolated Detachments  and then check out Box numbers on main link above
BF1 0AX

BFPO 109 - Ramstein
BF1 0DL


" Only use postcodes when ordering items from UK-based websites"


Last edited by Pborn4 on 10/1/2022, 18:11; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : " Only use postcodes when ordering items from UK-based websites")
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Allana4847
Private
Private



Number of posts : 3
Registration date : 2023-07-11

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime11/7/2023, 17:20

BFPO 27 Silberhutte in the Hartz mountains
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Pborn4
Brig
Brig
Pborn4


Number of posts : 653
Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes
Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3
Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012)
Registration date : 2016-12-16

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime11/7/2023, 18:10

GONE! Like Möhnesee and Diemelsee and Kiel Sail Trg

The Harz (German: ) is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.
(You can now ski legally in the East Zone! or take a run ashore to Wernigerode)

https://www.torfhaus.info (Ski hut used to be beside the Jugendheim!)
https://www.slz-silberhuette.org very up-German-market.
Look for Sankt Andreasberg(Sun Mountain/ Matthias Schmidt Berg
https://www.snow-online.com/ski-resort/st-andreasberg-matthias-schmidt-berg.html
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barrysturgeon
LCpl
LCpl



Number of posts : 7
Age : 84
Localisation : Sheuen/Celle
Cap Badge : Corporal RAOC
Places Served : Ironside Barracks Scheuen
Registration date : 2019-05-20

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PostSubject: BFPO 23 Was 7 OFP   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime4/8/2023, 19:26

Allana4847 wrote:
BFPO 27 Silberhutte in the Hartz mountains
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trevcurrie@yahoo.co.uk
Private
Private



Number of posts : 1
Age : 84
Localisation : ironside barracks scheuen
Cap Badge : CPL RAOC
Places Served : germany
Registration date : 2022-09-19

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime5/8/2023, 11:36

celle was 23
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Pborn4
Brig
Brig
Pborn4


Number of posts : 653
Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes
Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3
Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012)
Registration date : 2016-12-16

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime5/8/2023, 16:32

Time for e replay as we go over a page!

PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers BFPO Numbers - Page 2 Icon_minitime11/2/2011, 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, initially, not 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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JGW
SSgt/CSgt
SSgt/CSgt



Number of posts : 42
Localisation : Melksham, Wiltshire
Cap Badge : REME
Places Served : AAS Arborfield, 5 Inf Wksps then 14 Regt. RA Dortmund, 1 Inf Wksps Aden, 22 Sigs Lippstadt, REBCS then 65CSS RE Hameln, Borden, 15/19 H then 9/12 Lancers Tidworth, 4 ADSR, Herford, QoH then 4/7 DGuards Detmold.
Registration date : 2019-03-28

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime29/11/2023, 23:11

Bexy wrote:
Pretty sure Lippstadt was BFPO 107

I think you are right, Bexy.
I saw, above, that someone had put it as 'BFPO 22' and it didn't look right. It was 22 Sig Regt. there. I was in the LAD '67-'70
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Pborn4
Brig
Brig
Pborn4


Number of posts : 653
Localisation : Between Hannover and Herford, off all main routes
Cap Badge : Not even a reservist now - have been Pborn3
Places Served : Oswestry 1965, Paderborn to 1971, NE Dist, Munsterlager from 1974, Sennelager (1976 to 2012)
Registration date : 2016-12-16

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PostSubject: Re: BFPO Numbers   BFPO Numbers - Page 3 Icon_minitime30/11/2023, 02:02

Academic really - Bexy's observation stems from 2008.
Once upon a time in the 1960s Lippstadt was part of BFPO16 - the Sennelager/Paderborn conglomerate. It became BFPO 107 during the great petrol/journey rationing period in the 70s when BR had to have authority from Germans for admin journeys (ie non-operational) made more sense for the delivery Bedford to continue on from Sennelager to Lippsptadt 6 days per week outward mornings inward evenings, think the service point was Herford.
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