British Forces Post Office

The British Forces Post Office ( BFPO ) is the field post of the British Army.

The origins can be traced back to the Anglo-Saxon period. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle mentions couriers transported which messages of Edward the Elder ( 871-924 order ). Organized field post for soldiers there were in 1882, after John Lowther du Plat Taylor had founded the Army Post Office Corps ( APOC ). Since 1908 was officially the Royal Engineers in charge of the British army postal services, but until 1913 they were incorporated and the APOC was renamed from there as Postal Section of the Royal Engineers assigned. After the First World War, airmail line between Folkestone and Cologne was founded to supply the British Army in Germany. During the Second World War, the Aerogramm became popular, which could be easily transported because of its light weight. In 1993, the Postal section was separated from the Royal Engineers and combined with other logistics units in the newly founded Royal Logistics Corps.