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British Forces Overseas Hong Kong | |
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Active | 26 January 1841 | –30 June 1997
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Role | Territorial Defence |
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Garrison/HQ | Garrison – All installments HQ – Flagstaff House (Residence of the CBF) |
Anniversaries | Liberation Day |
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Commanders | |
Commander-in-chief | Governor of Hong Kong |
Commanding Officer | Commander British Forces in Hong Kong (CBF) |
Inaugural holder of CBF | Major General George D'Aguilar |
Final holder of CBF | Major General Bryan Dutton |
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Traditional Chinese | 駐港英軍 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 驻港英军 | ||||||||||
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British Forces Overseas Hong Kong comprised the elements of the British Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines) and Royal Air Force stationed in British Hong Kong. The Governor of Hong Kong also assumed the position of the commander-in-chief of the forces and the Commander British Forces in Hong Kong took charge of the daily deployment of the troops. Much of the British military left prior to the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.[1] The present article focuses mainly on the British garrison in Hong Kong in the post Second World War era. For more information concerning the British garrison during the Second World War and earlier, see the Battle of Hong Kong.