Divisions & Campaigns, British Commonwealth

British Army
Div	Type	Name	Campaigns	Notes
1	Infantry	-	TU AN RO AP	Regular
1 (i)	Infantry	London	-	r. 56 Inf
2	Infantry	-	FR IK CB	Regular
2 (i)	Infantry	London	-	r. 47 Inf
3	Infantry	-	FR NO NF RH CE	Regular
4	Infantry	-	FR AN RO AP EE	Regular
5	Infantry	-	FR SI NA AN RO AP CE	Regular
6	Infantry	-	ME LI	r. 70 Inf
7	Infantry	-	-	Regular, r. 6 Inf
8	Infantry	-	-	Regular
9	Infantry	Highland	-	r. 51 Inf
12	Infantry	Eastern	FR	-
15	Infantry	Scottish	NO NF RH CE	-
18	Infantry	Eastern	MS	d. 2/42
23	Infantry	Northern	FR	-
36	Infantry	-	IK CB	-
38	Infantry	Welsh	-	-
40	Infantry	-	-	-
42	Infantry	East Lancashire	FR	r. 42 Armd
43	Infantry	Wessex	NO NF RH AA CE	-
44	Infantry	Home Counties	FR EL	-
45	Infantry	-	-	-
46	Infantry	North Midland	FR TU NA AN RO AP PV	-
47	Infantry	London	-	-
48	Infantry	South Midland	FR	-
49	Infantry	West Riding	DN NO NF RH CE	-
50	Infantry	Northumbrian	FR TO EL TU SI NO NF RH	-
51	Infantry	Highland	FR EL TU SI NO NF RH AA CE	d. 5/40, f. 8/40
52	Infantry	Lowland	FR NO NF RH CE	-
53	Infantry	Welsh	NO NF RH AA CE	-
54	Infantry	East Anglian	MS	d. 2/42
55	Infantry	-	-	-
56	Infantry	London	TU NA AN RO AP PV	-
57	Infantry	-	-	-
59	Infantry	Staffordshire	NO NF	-
61	Infantry	-	-	-
66	Infantry	-	-	-
70	Infantry	-	LI	-
76	Infantry	-	-	-
77	Infantry	-	-	-
78	Infantry	-	TU SI NA AN RO AP PV	-
80	Infantry	-	-	-
-	Infantry	Devon & Cornwall	-	r. 77 Inf
-	Infantry	Dorset	-	-
-	Infantry	Durhan & North Riding	-	-
-	Infantry	Essex	-	-
-	Infantry	Hampshire	-	-
-	Infantry	Lincolnshire	-	-
-	Infantry	Norfolk	-	r. 78 Inf
-	Infantry	Northumberland	-
-	Infantry	West Sussex	-	r. Essex Inf
-	Infantry	Yorkshire	-
1	Airborne	-	SI NA RH	-
6	Airborne	-	NO AA CE	-
1	Armoured	-	FR LI TO EL TU RO AP	Regular
2	Armoured	-	LI	d. 5/41
6	Armoured	-	TU AN RO AP PV	-
7	Armoured	-	WD LI TO EL TU NF NO NF RH CE	-
8	Armoured	-	-	-
9	Armoured	-	-	-
10	Armoured	-	TO EL	-
11	Armoured	-	NO NF RH CE	-
42	Armoured	-	-	-
79	Armoured	-	NO NF RH CE	Specialized Armour
-	Armoured	Guards	NO NF RH AA CE	-
1	Cavalry	-	ME	r. 10 Armd

Australian Army
Div	Type	Name	Campaigns	Notes
1	Infantry	Australian	-	-
2	Infantry	Australian	-	-
3	Infantry	Australian	NG	-
4	Infantry	Australian	-	-
5	Infantry	Australian	NG	-
6	Infantry	Australian	WD BC	-
7	Infantry	Australian	ME NG BO	-
8	Infantry	Australian	MS	d. 2/42
9	Infantry	Australian	LI TO EL NG BO	-
10	Infantry	Australian	-	-
11	Infantry	Australian	-	-
12	Infantry	Australian	-	-
1	Armoured	Australian	-	-
3	Armoured	Australian	-	-
1	Motorized	Australian	-	r. Armd
3	Motorized	Australian	-	r. Armd

Canadian Army
Div	Type	Name	Campaigns	Notes
1	Infantry	Canadian	FR SI NA AN RO AP CE	-
2	Infantry	Canadian	NO NF RH CE	-
3	Infantry	Canadian	NO NF RH CE	-
4	Armoured	Canadian	NO NF RH CE	-
5	Armoured	Canadian	AN RO AP CE	-

Indian Army
Div	Type	Name	Campaigns	Notes
1	Infantry	Burma	BU	-
2	Infantry	Indian	-	-
3	Infantry	Indian	IB	Chindits
4	Infantry	Indian	WD EA LI TO EL TU NA AN RO AP EE	-
5	Infantry	Indian	EA TO AR IK CB	-
6	Infantry	Indian	ME	-
7	Infantry	Indian	IB IK CB	-
8	Infantry	Indian	NA AN RO AP PV	-
9	Infantry	Indian	MS	d. 2/42
10	Infantry	Indian	ME TO AN RO AP PV	-
11	Infantry	Indian	MS	d. 2/42
12	Infantry	Indian	-	-
14	Infantry	Indian	AR	-
17	Infantry	Indian	BU IK CB	-
19	Infantry	Indian	CB	-
20	Infantry	Indian	IB IK CB	-
21	Infantry	Indian	-	-
23	Infantry	Indian	IB IK	-
25	Infantry	Indian	IK CB	-
26	Infantry	Indian	IB	-
31	Armoured	Indian	-	-
32	Armoured	Indian	-	r. 44 Armd
36	Infantry	Indian	IK	r. 36 (UK) Inf
39	Infantry	Indian	-	-
43	Armoured	Indian	-	r. 44 Armd
44	Armoured	Indian	-	r. 44 Abn
44	Airborne	Indian	CB	-

New Zealand Army
Div	Type	Name	Campaigns	Notes
1	Infantry	New Zealand	-
2	Infantry	New Zealand	BC LI TO EL NA AN RO AP PV	-
3	Infantry	New Zealand	NS BI	-
4	Infantry	New Zealand	-	-
5	Infantry	New Zealand	-	-
6	Infantry	New Zealand	-	-

South African Army
Div	Type	Name	Campaigns	Notes
1	Infantry	South African	EA LI TO EL	-
2	Infantry	South African	LI TO	d. 6/42
3	Infantry	South African	-	-
6	Armoured	South African	AN RO AP PV	-

Other British Empire
Div	Type	Name	Campaigns	Notes
1	Infantry	African	-	r. 11 Inf
2	Infantry	African	-	r. 12 Inf
11	Infantry	African	EA	-
12	Infantry	African	EA	-
81	Infantry	West African	IB AR CB	-
82	Infantry	West African	IK CB	-

Notes:

(1) See the campaign lists here.

(2) The British Territorial Army comprised all numbered Infantry Divisions except for 36, 76, 77, 78, 80 and those of the Regular Army.

(3) The British Home County divisions comprised all non-numbered Infantry Divisions.

Sources: British Army - David Fraser, And We Shall Shock Them and Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth; Australian and Indian Armies - I.C.B. Dear, The Oxford Companion to World War II; All others - John Ellis, The World War II Databook. Campaigns compiled by the author.

Last modified: 10 December 2022