Our offices in the Solomon Islands
The UK declared a Protectorate over the Southern Solomons in 1893. Further islands were added to the Protectorate in 1898 when Choiseul and Isabel were transferred by treaty with Germany. Parts of the Solomon Islands were occupied by the Japanese during the Second World War, but were returned to British administration after the war, with responsibility gradually being passed to Solomon Islanders. On 7 July 1978 the Solomon Islands became an Independent Realm within the Commonwealth with The Queen as Head of State.
