Help in regards with sending a mail to a BFPO address

[moonsinger]

Hello. I'm a first time member and I came here because I need some help in regards with mailing a letter to my soldier. Here goes:

(First of all, yes I have met him personally. He is my boyfriend. He is not a scammer. I am asking this question here because he is currently on a military exercise and his phone is in London for repair and I can't call his office because it's not really an emergency. I just want to send him a love letter to make him feel better... I hope someone can help me.)

I am not in the UK right now and I'm staying in Bahrain because of my work. I never send a mail on a BFPO before while I'm out of the country, so I am a little confused. Anyways, my soldier is in Germany and the address he gave me says "Paderborn, Germany, BFPO 22" at the end. It was too late when I realised that there is no post code/zip code. I tried sending a mail the other day but the post office is asking me for a post code/zip code, and I don't know if I should provide one. My friend here says that I should add London, UK at the end of the address but wouldn't that direct the letter to the UK instead of Germany? I went to the gov.uk site and they have a list of post codes for BFPO (for BFPO 22 it's BF1 0AF) I don't know if I should use that or should I use Paderborn's post code, or should I not provide any post code at all?

I know it's a bit hard to understand, but I hope someone can help me.

Thanks loads!