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

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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