[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.

Prior to and during the Second World War, the garrison was composed of British Army battalions and locally enlisted personnel (LEPs) who served as regular members in the Hong Kong Squadron of the Royal Navy or the Hong Kong Military Service Corps and their associate land units.

After the Second World War and the end of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the British military reestablished a presence.

As a result of the Chinese Civil War, the British Army raised the 40th Infantry Division and dispatched it to garrison Hong Kong.

It later left for combat in the Korean War, and the defense of the territory was taken up by additional British forces who were rotated from Europe.

Until 1995, the safety of much of the Sino-Hong Kong border was the responsibility of the British forces and as such contributed greatly to the interdiction of illegal immigrants (II).

The Governor was advised by the Commander British Forces in Hong Kong (CBF) on all military actions.

The majority of infantry battalions were Ghurkas who were permanently based in Hong Kong after Indian partition.

For the most part, the Royal Naval base was located in Hong Kong Island at HMS Tamar.

About 20 years later, RAF personnel returned from Sek Kong to Kai Tak, mounting operations from that airport in the months prior to the 1997 handover.

Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 1970–1993 – handed over to GFS Royal Air Force units which visited or were stationed in Hong Kong included: Sources indicate that 444 Signals Unit (SU) formed officially within No.

90 (Signals) Group RAF, Strike Command with effect from 16 August 1971, and was established as a lodger unit at Stanley Fort, Hong Kong.

Subsequently, with the disbandment of HQ NEAF on 31 March 1976, control of RAF Hong Kong and its component units were transferred in total to Strike Command.

Besides Lan Kwai Fong, Royal Navy sailors had their own entertainment facility called the "China Fleet Club".