List of British Commonwealth 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

Australia

• 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

Canada

• 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

New Zealand

• 1st New Zealand Infantry
• 2nd New Zealand Infantry
• 3rd New Zealand Infantry
• 4th New Zealand Infantry
• 5th New Zealand Infantry

South Africa

• 1st Mounted Command
• 1st South African Infantry later 6th South African Armoured
• 2nd South African Infantry
• 3rd South African Infantry
• 6th South African Armoured

See also

• List of British divisions in World War II
• List of Indian divisions in World War II
• 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

Notes

References

• Infantry Divisions (British Army and British Indian Army) 1930 - 1956

1. ^ British Army formations

External links

• British, Commonwealth, and Empire Orders of Battle on 3 September 1939