List of British Commonwealth and Empire brigades of the Second World War

This is a list of army brigades of the British Commonwealth and Empire during the Second World War.

These brigades were often part of larger military formations composed of units from the United Kingdom, Dominions, British India and Crown Colonies. At the time, despite their multi-national composition, such formations were often referred as "British".

The territories and peoples comprising many countries mentioned below have changed since the war; in some cases the names of countries have changed or do not correspond to modern country names.

In the list below: "formed from" indicates that a brigade was created in part from another unit and; "formerly" indicates a simple unit/name change.

Australia

1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade

1st Armoured Brigade

2nd Armoured Brigade

3rd Army Tank Brigade

4th Armoured Brigade

6th Armoured Brigade

1st Cavalry Brigade

2nd Cavalry Brigade

3rd Cavalry Brigade

4th Cavalry Brigade

6th Cavalry Brigade

1st Field Brigade artillery

2nd Field Brigade artillery

3rd Field Brigade artillery

4th Field Brigade artillery

5th Field Brigade artillery

6th Field Brigade artillery

7th Field Brigade artillery

8th Field Brigade artillery

9th Field Brigade artillery

10th Field Brigade artillery

11th Field Brigade artillery

12th Field Brigade artillery

13th Field Brigade artillery

14th Field Brigade artillery

15th Field Brigade artillery

18th Field Brigade artillery

21st Field Brigade artillery

22nd Field Brigade artillery

1st Medium Brigade artillery

2nd Medium Brigade artillery

1st Heavy Brigade artillery

2nd Heavy Brigade artillery

3rd Heavy Brigade artillery

5th Heavy Brigade artillery

6th Heavy Brigade artillery

7th Heavy Brigade artillery

1st Garrison Brigade

2nd Garrison Brigade

3rd Garrison Brigade

5th Garrison Brigade

1st Infantry Brigade

2nd Infantry Brigade

3rd Infantry Brigade

4th Infantry Brigade

5th Infantry Brigade

6th Infantry Brigade

7th Infantry Brigade

8th Infantry Brigade

9th Infantry Brigade

10th Infantry Brigade

11th Infantry Brigade

12th Infantry Brigade

13th Infantry Brigade

14th Infantry Brigade

15th Infantry Brigade

16th Infantry Brigade

17th Infantry Brigade

18th Infantry Brigade

19th Infantry Brigade

20th Infantry Brigade

21st Infantry Brigade

22nd Infantry Brigade

23rd Infantry Brigade

24th Infantry Brigade

25th Infantry Brigade

26th Infantry Brigade

27th Infantry Brigade

28th Infantry Brigade

29th Infantry Brigade

30th Infantry Brigade

31st Infantry Brigade

32nd Infantry Brigade

33rd Infantry Brigade

34th Infantry Brigade

1st Motor Brigade

2nd Motor Brigade

3rd Motor Brigade

4th Motor Brigade

5th Motor Brigade

6th Motor Brigade

1st Support Group

1st Training Brigade

2nd Division Infantry Training Brigade

4th Training Brigade

6th Training Brigade

7th Training Brigade

9th Training Brigade

Canada

1st Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery

2nd Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery

1st (Halifax) Coast Brigade, RCA

3rd (New Brunswick) Coast Brigade RCA

5th (British Columbia) Coast Brigade RCA

15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade RCA

16th Coast Brigade RCA

1st Field Brigade, RCA

2nd Field Brigade, RCA

3rd Field Brigade, RCA

5th Field Brigade, RCA

8th Field Brigade, RCA

10th Field Brigade, RCA

11th Field Brigade, RCA

12th Field Brigade, RCA

14th Field Brigade, RCA

18th Field Brigade, RCA

19th Field Brigade, RCA

20th Field Brigade, RCA

21st Field Brigade, RCA

24thField Brigade, RCA

26th Field Brigade, RCA

27th Field Brigade, RCA

2nd Medium Brigade, RCA

4th Medium Brigade, RCA

6th Medium Brigade, RCA

7th Medium Brigade, RCA

1st Canadian Anti-Aircraft Brigade

1st Canadian Armoured Brigade

2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade

3rd Canadian Armoured Brigade

4th Canadian Armoured Brigade

5th Canadian Armoured Brigade

1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade

2nd Canadian Army Tank Brigade