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| Name of Territory | Independence | Present name if different |
| Aden | 1967 | Yemen (part) |
| Bahamas | 1973 | |
| Barbados | 1966 | |
| Basutoland | 1966 | Lesotho |
| Bechuanaland | 1966 | Botswana |
| Bermuda | * | |
| British Guiana | 1966 | Guyana |
| British Honduras | 1981 | Belize |
| Brunei | 1984 | Brunei Darussalam |
| Cameroons: |
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| Northern Cameroons | n.a. | Nigeria (part) |
| Southern Cameroons | 1961 | Republic of Cameroon (part) |
| Cayman Islands | * | |
| Central African Federation (of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) | 1964 (dissolved) | |
| Ceylon | 1948 | Sri Lanka |
| Cyprus | 1960 | |
| East Africa High Commission (and Departments) | n.a | |
| East African Railways and Harbours | n.a. | |
| Falkland Islands | * | |
| Fiji | 1970 | |
| Gambia | 1965 | The Gambia |
| Gibraltar | * | |
| Gold Coast | 1957 | Ghana |
| Hong Kong | 1997 (to China) | |
| Jamaica | 1962 | |
| Kenya | 1963 | |
| Leeward Islands: |
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| Anguilla | * | |
| Antigua | 1981 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| British Virgin Islands | * | |
| Montserrat | * | |
| St Kitts-Nevis | 1983 | St Christopher and Nevis |
| Malaya | 1957 | Malaysia (part) |
| Malta | 1964 | |
| Mauritius | 1968 | |
| Nigeria | 1960 | |
| North Borneo | 1963 | Sabah, Malaysia |
| Northern Rhodesia | 1964 | Zambia |
| Nyasaland | 1964 | Malawi |
| Palestine | (1948) | ( Israel/Jordan) |
| St Helena with Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | * | |
| Sarawak | 1963 | Malaysia (part) |
| Seychelles | 1976 | |
| Sierra Leone | 1961 | |
| Singapore | 1965(ex Malaysia) | |
| Somaliland Protectorate | 1960 (to Somalia) | Somalia (part) |
| Southern Rhodesia # | 1980 | Zimbabwe |
| Sudan # Swaziland |
1956 1968 |
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| Tanganyika | 1961 | Tanzania (part) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1962 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | * | |
| Uganda | 1962 | |
| West Indies Federation | 1962 (dissolved) | |
| Western Pacific Territories: | ||
| British Solomon Islands | 1978 | Solomon Islands |
| Gilbert & Ellice Islands | 1978/79 | Kiribati/Tuvalu |
| New Hebrides | 1980 | Vanuatu |
| Pitcairn # | * | |
| Tonga | 1970 | |
| Windward Islands: | ||
| Dominica | 1978 | |
| Grenada | 1974 | |
| St Lucia | 1979 | |
| St Vincent | 1979 | St Vincent & the Grenadines |
| Zanzibar | 1963 | Tanzania (part) |
| * now remaining as UK Overseas Territories | ||
| # not administered by Colonial Service/HMOCS | ||
| Note: OSPA does not represent people whose service was only in Burma, India, Pakistan, or the Gulf States (which were not the responsibility of the Colonial Office). |
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