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
British Army formations
External links
British, Commonwealth, and Empire Orders of Battle on 3 September 1939
Divisions of World War II
Lists of military units and formations of World War II
British World War II divisions
Military units and formations of the British Army in World War II
Lists of divisions (military formations) Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II British Empire-related lists