List of British Commonwealth and Empire divisions in the Second World War
This is a list of army divisions serving within the British Empire during the Second World War. Military formations within the British Empire were generally not static and were composed of a changing mix of units from across Britain, its colonies and the dominions. As a result military formations within the Empire and Commonwealth are not easily attributable to specific Imperial or national entities and naming conventions do not necessarily correlate with modern country names.
- "formed from" indicates that a new division was created in part from another division
- "formerly" indicates a simple division name change
British Army
Imperial and Dominion
Australian Army
- 1st Australian Infantry
- 2nd Australian Infantry
- 3rd Australian Infantry
- 4th Australian Infantry
- 5th Australian Infantry
- 6th Australian Infantry
- 7th Australian Infantry
- 8th Australian Infantry
- 9th Australian Infantry
- 10th Australian Infantry
- 11th Australian Infantry
- 12th Australian Infantry "Northern Territory Force"
- 1st Australian Armoured
- 2nd Australian Armoured
- 3rd Australian Armoured
Canadian Army
- 1st Canadian Infantry
- 2nd Canadian Infantry
- 3rd Canadian Infantry
- 3rd Canadian Infantry (CAOF)
- 4th Canadian Infantry later 4th Canadian Armoured
- 5th Canadian Infantry later 5th Canadian Armoured
- 6th Canadian Infantry
- 6th Canadian Infantry (CAPF)
- 7th Canadian Infantry
- 8th Canadian Infantry
- Veterans Guard
- 4th Canadian Armoured formed from 4th Canadian Infantry
- 5th Canadian Armoured formed from 5th Canadian Infantry
Colonies and Protectorates
- 1st (African) Division later 11th (African) Division
- 2nd (African) Division later 12th (African) Division
- 6th Infantry (Egypt) formerly 7th (Palestine) Infantry, later 70th Infantry
- 7th Armoured (Egypt) formerly The Mobile Division (Egypt)
- 7th (Palestine) Infantry later 6th Infantry (Egypt)
- 8th (Palestine) Infantry
- 10th Armoured (Palestine) formed from 1st Cavalry
- 11th (African) Division formerly 1st (African) Division
- 11th (East Africa) Infantry
- 12th Division Sudan Defense Force
- 12th (African) Division formerly 2nd (African) Division
- 36th Infantry (India) formed from 36th Indian Infantry
- 70th Infantry formed from 6th Infantry (Egypt)
- 81st (West African) Infantry
- 82nd (West African) Infantry
- The Mobile Division (Egypt) ''later 7th Armoured (Egypt)
Army of India[1]
- 1st Burma Infantry (later 39th Infantry)
- 2nd Indian Infantry deception
- 3rd Indian Infantry "Chindits"
- 4th Indian Infantry
- 5th Indian Infantry
- 6th Indian Infantry
- 7th Indian Infantry
- 8th Indian Infantry
- 9th Indian Infantry
- 10th Indian Infantry
- 11th Indian Infantry
- 12th Indian Infantry deception
- 14th Indian Infantry
- 17th Indian Infantry
- 18th Indian Infantry
- 19th Indian Infantry
- 20th Indian Infantry
- 21st Indian Infantry
- 23rd Indian Infantry
- 25th Indian Infantry
- 26th Indian Infantry
- 31st Indian Armoured
- 32nd Indian Armoured
- 34th Indian Infantry
- 36th Indian Infantry later British Army 36th Infantry (India)
- 39th Indian Infantry
- 43rd Indian Armoured
- 44th Indian Armoured later 9th Indian Airborne
- 9th Indian Airborne later 44th Indian Airborne
- 44th Indian Airborne
New Zealand Army
South African Army
See also
- Arab Legion
- British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force
- Fiji Infantry Regiment
- List of Australian divisions in World War II
- List of British divisions in World War II
- List of Canadian divisions in World War II
- List of Indian divisions in World War II
- Royal Hong Kong Regiment
- Royal Malay Regiment
- Royal Newfoundland Regiment
- List of British Empire brigades of the Second World War
- List of British Empire corps of the Second World War
- Military history of the British Commonwealth in the Second World War
Resources
Notes
References
- ↑ The Army of India consisted of both the Indian Army and the British Army in India. The Indian Army was the force recruited locally and permanently based in India, together with its expatriate British officers. The British Army in India consisted of British Army units posted to India for a tour of duty, and which would then be posted to other parts of the Empire or back to the UK..
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