British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force

Captain Martin Clemens (centre, back) with six BSIPDF scouts, 1942

The British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force (BSIPDF) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit raised in the British Solomon Islands during World War II. It was created following the outbreak of war with the Empire of Japan in 1942 and disbanded in 1946. The Solomon Islands has not maintained a military force since independence from British colonial rule in 1976, relying upon the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force for internal security.