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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. 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.

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  • British Forces Overseas Hong Kong (en)
  • 駐香港イギリス軍 (ja)
  • 駐港英軍 (zh)
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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. 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. (en)
  • 駐香港イギリス軍(ちゅうホンコンイギリスぐん、英語:British Forces Overseas Hong Kong、広東語:駐港英軍)とは、かつてイギリスの植民地であった香港に駐留していたイギリス軍部隊のこと。  (ja)
  • 駐港英軍(英語:British Forces Overseas Hong Kong)是大英帝國派駐到香港及負責香港防務的英國軍隊,由英國陸軍、皇家海軍和皇家空軍組成,自1841年香港開埠起進駐香港,日本在1941年12月發動太平洋戰爭後爆發的香港戰役是英軍駐港期間參與的最大規模戰鬥,在二次大戰後,英軍除負擔香港邊境的防務外,亦曾於1967年協助香港警察平息六七暴動,在海上救援工作方面亦擔當重要角色,並經常支援邊界執法工作,包括堵截偷渡和走私等活動。1997年7月1日香港主權移交後,駐港英軍在香港超過一個半世紀的防衛任務至此結束,英軍全數撤離香港。 (zh)
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