Commander British Forces in Hong Kong

The Commander British Forces in Hong Kong (CBF) was a senior British Army officer who acted as military advisor to the Governor of Hong Kong and was in charge of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong. The officeholder of this post concurrently assumed the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong before the abolition of the position in 1902.

Structure The Governor was advised by the Commander British Forces in Hong Kong (CBF) on all military actions. During the 1980s and 1990s, the CBF was normally a career Major General or Lieutenant General from the British Army. Until 1966, the CBF was an ex officio member of the Legislative Council.Legislative Council

Subordinate Units The Commander British Forces in Hong Kong (CBFHK) held overall command of all British military formations stationed in the territory, including regular British Army units, the Brigade of Gurkhas, elements of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, as well as locally raised units under the Crown. Among these local formations were the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) (RHKR(V)) and the Hong Kong Military Service Corps (HKMSC). The RHKR(V) was a locally raised Crown regiment established under the Royal Hong Kong Regiment Ordinance (Cap. 199), enacted in 1957.

From the early 1960s, the regiment was affiliated to the Royal Armoured Corps and, from 1970, was formally incorporated into its order of battle and placed under the operational command of the CBFHK. In 1970, subsidiary regulations (L.N. 190 of 1970) updated the Regiment’s administrative framework under Cap. 199.

The HKMSC, formed in 1962, was a regular unit of the British Army composed of locally enlisted personnel. It provided administrative, transport, and technical support across the Hong Kong garrison and was directly funded by the Ministry of Defence.

Commanders Commanders have included:British and Indian armies on the China coast 1785–1985 by Harfield, A G, Published by A and J Partnership, 1990, Pages 483–484 Army Commands

Commander British Forces in Hong Kong 1843–1848 Major-General George d'Aguilar 1848–1851 Major-General William Staveley 1851–1854 Major-General William Jervois Commander British Troops in China and Hong Kong 1854–1857 Major-General Sir Robert Garrett 1857–1858 Major-General Thomas Ashburnham 1858–1859 Major-General Sir Charles van Straubenzee 1860–1861 Major-General Sir James Grant 1861–1862 Major-General Sir John Michel 1862–1863 Major-General Sir Charles Staveley 1863–1864 Major-General William Brown 1864–1867 Major-General Sir Philip Guy 1867–1869 Major-General James Brunker Commander British Troops in China, Hong Kong, and the Straits Settlements 1869–1874 Major-General Henry Whitfield 1874–1878 Lieutenant General Sir Francis Colborne 1878–1882 Lieutenant General Edward Donovan 1882–1885 Lieutenant General John Sargent 1885–1889 Lieutenant General Sir William Cameron Commander British Troops in China and Hong Kong 1889–1890 Major-General Sir James Edwards 1890–1895 Major-General Sir George Barker 1895–1898 Major-General Sir Wilsone Black 1898–1903 Major-General Sir William Gascoigne

Commander British Troops in Southern China 1903–1906 Major-General Villiers Hatton 1906–1910 Major-General Robert Broadwood 1910–1913 Major-General Sir Charles Anderson 1913–1915 Major-General Francis Kelly

Commander British Troops in Northern China 1900–1901 Major-General Sir Alfred Gaselee 1901–1903 Major-General O'Moore Creagh 1901–1906 Brigadier-General Francis Ventris (major-general from October 1903) 1906–1910 Brigadier-General Wallscourt Waters 1910–1914 Brigadier-General Edward Cooper 1914–1915 Brigadier-General Nathaniel Barnardiston (major-general from February 1915)

Commander British Forces in China 1915–1921 Major-General Francis Ventris 1921–1922 Major-General George Kirkpatrick 1922–1925 Major-General Sir John Fowler

Commander British Troops in Southern China 1925–1929 Major-General Charles Luard 1929–1932 Major-General James Sandilands

Commander British Troops in Northern China Jan–Dec 1927 Major-General John Duncan (also Shanghai Defence Force) 1927–1929 Major-General Alexander Wardrop

Commander British Troops in China 1932–1935 Lieutenant-General Oswald Borrett 1935–1938 Major-General Arthur Bartholomew 1938–1941 Major-General Edward Grasett Aug–Dec 1941 Major-General Christopher Maltby Note: from 1941 to 1945 Hong Kong was under Japanese occupation Commander British Forces in Hong Kong 1945–1946 Major-General Sir Francis Festing 1946–1948 Major-General Sir George Erskine 1948–1949 Major-General Francis Matthews Jun–Sep 1949 Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Festing 1949–1951 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Mansergh 1951–1952 Major-General Geoffrey Evans 1952–1954 Major-General Terence Airey 1954–1955 Lieutenant-General Cecil Sugden 1955–1957 Lieutenant-General Sir William Stratton 1957–1960 Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Bastyan 1960–1961 Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick McLeod 1961–1963 Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Hewetson 1963–1964 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Craddock 1964–1966 Lieutenant-General Sir Denis O'Connor 1966–1968 Lieutenant-General Sir John Worsley 1968–1970 Lieutenant-General Sir Basil Eugster 1970–1973 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Ward 1973–1976 Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Bramall 1976–1978 Lieutenant-General Sir John Archer 1978–1980 Major-General Sir Roy Redgrave 1980–1982 Major-General John Chapple 1982–1985 Major-General Derek Boorman 1985–1987 Major-General Anthony Boam 1987–1989 Major-General Garry Johnson 1989–1992 Major General Peter Duffell 1992–1994 Major-General John Foley 1994–1997 Major-General Bryan Dutton

Residences

Flagstaff House, 1840s–1978 Headquarters House, 1978–1997

Commander British Forces in Hong Kong

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