Baby born in Philppines - UK passport?

[JimOttley]

Well his Mother and Father are both English so I suppose he must be British by decent!! I assumed that if you are born to a Brit father in military service on a British military/air base then that is that!!
I have no idea why that should make a difference to this new kid though???

I had a look around and it would appear that even when both parents are British, being a child born abroad removes the ability for the child to pass on British citizenship if they subsequently have children of their own outside the UK.

It's a bit of a fine distinction but one that you would need to make sure a kid understood when they grew up, people are a lot more mobile these days.