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In particular the Royal Post established in the reign of King Edward IV (1461–83) to support his troops engaged in a war against Scotland. [10] A dedicated military postal unit, the Army Post Office Corps was formed in 1882. In 1913 it was subsumed into the Royal Engineers as the Royal Engineers (Postal Section) and in late 1990s became the BFPO.
The Army Postal service closed on 30 May 1885 after which the Indian Field Post Office in Suakin served the remaining troops. The services of Army Post Office Corps was not called upon again until the Anglo-Boer War. Three years after the Army Post Office Corps' men returned to Great Britain, an Army Post Office Corps Field Manual (1888) was ...
Most British Forces Post Offices (or BFPOs for short) have issued postal orders.BFPOs are located in British military bases around the world. Postal Orders issued at BFPOs enable members of the armed forces to purchase items by mail order and to send money home.
After complaints about the mail services to the British troops fighting in the Crimean War (1854–56) the Postmaster General authorised the secondment of GPO staff to organise and distribute mail in the theatre of war. A Base Army Post Office was established in Constantinople and a field post Office with the Army Headquarters at Balaklava. [6]
Green Paper on Postal Reform (1994) published, options for further privatisation and regulation of the Post Office and Royal Mail; British Forces Post Office, the British Armed Forces’ postal & courier service, a history of its development
The CDS remained as chairman of the committee and was also recognized as the professional head of the British Armed Forces. In 1964, the post of Chief of the Imperial General Staff was discontinued and the Army was thereafter represented by the Chief of the General Staff.
Northwood Headquarters is a military headquarters facility of the British Armed Forces in Eastbury, Hertfordshire, England, adjacent to the London suburb of Northwood. It is home to the following military command and control functions: Headquarters, Strategic Command, formerly Joint Forces Command; Permanent Joint Headquarters
In the United States a close equivalent is the Army Post Offices (APOs), the Air Force Post Offices (AFPOs) and the Fleet Post Offices (FPOs). In Hungary the head FPO is known as the tábori főpostahivatal while a normal FPO is an tábori postahivatal. [4] Equivalent terms are in use in most countries with Field Post Offices.