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The British County Divisions of the Second World War were raised by the British Army in 1941 as a defence against a planned German invasion of Britain

The British Second Army was a field army active during the First and Second World Wars. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front

The Lincolnshire County Division was a short-lived formation of the British Army, formed in the Second World War. The headquarters were formed on 24 February

The First Army was a formation of the British Army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. The First Army included Indian and Portuguese forces

The 42nd Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army raised during the Second World War. The division was formed in late 1941 by converting

The Hampshire County Division was a short-lived formation of the British Army, located in South East England on the coast of the English Channel. It was

The Norfolk County Division was short lived of the British Army formed during the Second World War. It was formed on 24 December 1940, and disbanded on

British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to British Army occupation forces in the Rhineland, Germany, after the First and Second World Wars

The 9th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army, raised during the Second World War. It never saw active service during the war

The Northumberland County Division was a formation of the British Army in the Second World War, its headquarters were formed on 24 February 1941. It ceased

The Essex County Division was a short-lived formation of the British Army formed in the Second World War on 18 February 1941 by the redesignation of the

The Fourth Army was a field army that formed part of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War. The Fourth Army was formed on 5 February

The Durham and North Riding County Division was a coastal defence formation of the British Army during the Second World War. It existed only from 12 March

The Canadian Corps was a World War I corps formed from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1915 after the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division

The 8th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War. It was deployed to Egypt in June 1942 but never operated

III Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War. In 1876, a mobilisation scheme for eight army

The 8th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was active in both the First and Second World Wars. The division was first

The 11th (East Africa) Infantry Division was a British infantry division consisting of troops from the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces which was formed

IX Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army that existed during the First and the Second World Wars. The IX Corps was formed in England in

13th Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army that fought on the Western Front during the First World War and was reformed for service during

The Dorset County Division was formed on 24 February 1941. However it did not take over operational commitments from Southern Area until March 10 and it

The I Airborne Corps was an airborne forces corps raised by the British Army during the Second World War. Together with the U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps it

The Ninth Army was a field army formation of the British Army during the Second World War, formed on 1 November 1941 by the renaming of Headquarters, British

X Corps was a corps of the British Army that served in the First World War on the Western Front before being disbanded in 1919. The corps was re-formed

The South African 3rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the South African Army during World War II. This division was formed in South Africa

The Arab Legion (Arabic: الفيلق العربي) was the police force, then regular army, of the Emirate of Transjordan, a British protectorate, in the early part

VIII Corps was a British Army corps formation that existed during the First and Second World Wars. In the latter, it took part in the Normandy Campaign

The 10th Armoured Division was an armoured formation of division-size of the British Army, raised during the Second World War and was active from 1941–1944

XI Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Expeditionary Force, active during the First World War that served on the Western Front and in Italy

The British Fourteenth Army was a multi-national force comprising units from Commonwealth countries during the Second World War. As well as British Army

The 36th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during the Second World War. The division was subsequently redesignated as

The 2nd (African) Division was a British Empire colonial unit that fought during the Second World War. On 19 July 1940, the 2nd (African) Division was

The 2nd Malaya Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade formed in 1940 with its headquarters in Singapore following the wartime expansion and reinforcement

The 1st (African) Division was a British Empire colonial unit during the Second World War. The division was formed on 24 July 1940 in East Africa. On 24

The 81st (West African) Division was formed under British control during the Second World War. It took part in the Burma Campaign. The inspiration for

XII Corps was an army corps of the British Army that fought in the First and Second World Wars. In the First World War, it formed part of the British Salonika

The British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force (BSIPDF) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit raised in the British Solomon Islands during

The Twelfth Army was a British Army formation during the Second World War. The Twelfth Army denotation was actually used twice; firstly, in 1943, for a

This is a list of British Army commands and army groups. It is intended as a central point of access information about British formations of that size

The 1st Cavalry Division was a regular Division of the British Army during the First World War where it fought on the Western Front. During the Second

The Twelfth Army was a British Army formation during the Second World War. The Twelfth Army denotation was actually used twice; firstly, in 1943, for a

The Somaliland Camel Corps (SCC) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit which was raised in British Somaliland. It existed from 1914 until 1944.

Footnotes HQ NZ Maadi Camp: HQ 6 NZ Division HQ Company, II NZ Maadi Camp: 6 NZ Div Defence Platoon 1 NZ Works Section: 25 NZ Field Company NZ Artillery

The 9th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. The division formed part of Indian III Corps in the Malaya

The 6th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II, created on 1 March 1941 in Secunderabad. On 11 September 1941

The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was originally a First World War army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. It was formed in

The South African 2nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa during World War II. The division was formed

The Cape Corps and its predecessor units were the main military organisations in which the Coloured members of South Africa's population served. As one

The Tenth Army was a field army of the British Army during the Second World War. It was created in Iraq and formed from the major part of "Paiforce" (Persia

The 4th Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army. The division was first created as a formation of the Canadian Corps during the First World

The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces unit raised in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1925 to assist local police in internal

The 26th Indian Infantry Division, was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Burma Campaign. When the Japanese

The 25th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II which fought in the Burma Campaign. It was re-raised

The Devon and Cornwall County Division was a County Division of the British Army created during the Second World War. It was formed on 28 February 1941

The XV Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Indian Army, which was formed in India during the Second World War. It took part in the Burma Campaign

The 31st Indian Armoured Division was an armoured division of the Indian Army during World War II, formed in 1940, originally as the 1st Indian Armoured

The VII Corps was an army corps of the British Army active in the First and Second World Wars. In the early part of the Second World War, it was part of

The 12th RAPID Division is a division of the Indian Army. It was formed during World War II in January 1943, in Persia. It was renamed South Persia Area

The XI Corps of the Indian Army is based in Jalandhar and is a part of Western Command. XI Corps is also known as Vajra Corps. XI Corps was raised to take

The Fiji Infantry Regiment is the main combat element of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. It is a light infantry regiment consisting of six battalions

The 5th Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of most army units in the provinces of New Brunswick

The II Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War. There had also been a short-lived II Corps

The 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (2nd AA Division) was an Air Defence formation of the British Army from 1935 to 1942. It controlled anti-aircraft gun and

The 11th Division was an Australian Army unit formed during World War II by the renaming of Milne Force in December 1942. Predominately a Militia formation

The 43rd Indian Armoured Division was an armoured division of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in July 1942. It never saw any combat

XXX Corps (30 Corps) was a corps of the British Army during the Second World War. The corps was formed in the Western Desert in September 1941. It provided

The 17th Infantry Division is a formation of the Indian Army. During the Second World War, it had the distinction of being continually in combat during

The 6th Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. Despite its name, the 6th was actually the

The 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division was an air defence formation of the Territorial Army, part of the British Army, created in the period of tension before

The 23rd Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Burma Campaign. It was then reformed

The 11th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army which was created in March 1941 during the Second World War. The division was formed

The Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps was a regiment of the Ceylon Defence Force, which existed between 1900 and 1949. It was a volunteer (reserve) regiment

This is a list of British anti-aircraft brigades that existed during the Second World War. British Army during the Second World War Joslen 2003, p. 399

The III Corps is a formation of the Indian Army that was formed during World War I in Mesopotamia during its respective campaign. Prior to the reorganization

Impressed by the German airborne force during the 1940 Battle of France, the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, ordered the creation of a paratrooper

IV Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army, formed in both the First World War and the Second World War. During the First World War the corps

The 14th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Arakan Campaign 1942–43, and was subsequently

This is a list of British anti-aircraft brigades that existed during the Second World War. British Army during the Second World War Joslen 2003, p. 399

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

The 6th Canadian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Canadian Army, formed in 1942 during the Second World War. It was attached to Pacific

The Native Military Corps (NMC) was a South African military unit during World War II. It consisted of Black South African volunteers recruited into the

The British Indian XXXIII Corps was a corps-sized formation of the Indian Army during the Second World War. It was disbanded and the headquarters was recreated

The 7th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army, first established by The Duke of Wellington as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army

The 5th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the Indian Army. It was raised during the second world war and fought in several theatres of war and

This is a list of corps serving within the armies of the British Empire during the Second World War. A Corps was either a temporary military formation

The 4th Anti-Aircraft Division (4th AA Division) was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army, created in the period of tension before the

The 7th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army. It was formed in February 1940 to serve in World War II, as part of the Second Australian

The 5th Anti-Aircraft Division (5th AA Division) was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army, created in the period of tension before the

39th Indian Infantry Division (originally the 1st Burma Division) was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II, which became a training

The 1st Anti-Aircraft Division (1st AA Division) was an Air Defence formation of the British Army before and during the early years of the Second World

The Indian XXXIV Corps was formed in March 1945 to be part of the British Fourteenth Army for Operation Zipper, the invasion of British Malaya. Significant

Formation signs at the division level were first introduced in the British Army in the First World War. They were intended (initially) as a security measure

The Bikaner Camel Corps was a unit of Imperial Service Troops from India that fought for the Allies in World War I and World War II. The Corps was founded

The Irish Republican Army (IRA), a paramilitary group seeking to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and unify Ireland, shared intelligence

In mid-1940, after the defeat of the World War II Allies in the Battle of France, the British Army began raising a raiding force. The army intended that

V Corps was an army corps of the British Army that saw service in both the First and the Second World Wars. It was first organised in February 1915 and

This article contains a List of Facilities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) in Canada. The BCATP was a major program for training

The Australian 4th Division was formed in the First World War during the expansion of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) infantry brigades in February

The 6th Anti-Aircraft Division (6th AA Division) was an air defence formation created within Anti-Aircraft Command of Britain's Territorial Army just before

The Eighth Army was a field army of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed as the Western Army on 10 September 1941, in Egypt, before

The Provisional Government of Free India or, more simply, Azad Hind, was a short-lived Japanese-controlled provisional government in India. It was established

The Guards Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was created in the United Kingdom on

The Ossewabrandwag (OB) (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈɔsəˌvɑːˌbrantvaχ], from Afrikaans: ossewa, lit. 'ox-wagon' and Afrikaans: brandwag, lit. 'guard, picket

The 4th Infantry Division, also known as the Red Eagle Division, is an infantry division of the Indian Army. This division of the British Indian Army was

The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) (RHKR(V)) (Chinese: 皇家香港軍團(義勇軍), formed in May 1854, was a local auxiliary militia force funded and administered

The 10 RAPID Division (erstwhile 10 Inf Division) was a war formed infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. In four years, the division

The 7th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army. It was formed as the Mobile Division (Egypt) on 27 September 1938, after increased

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

The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War. The division was formed in late 1941 during

The 8th Mountain Division is a division of the present-day Indian Army that specialises in mountain warfare. It was initially raised as the 8th Indian

The Royal Pacific Islands Regiment (RPIR) is an infantry regiment of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). The regiment is descended from the Australian

The Indian XXI Corps was an Army Corps of the Indian Army during the Second World War. It served in the Tenth Army in 1942. Lieutenant-General Mosley Mayne

The Chindits, officially known as Long Range Penetration Groups, were special operations units of the British and Indian armies which saw action in 1943–1944

The 1st Canadian Division (French: 1re Division du Canada) is a joint operational command and control formation based at CFB Kingston, and falls under

The Indian Platoon was the only Fiji Indian military unit created in Fiji and existed from 1934 to 1941. The platoon was eventually disbanded following

The following divisions from British Crown Colonies served in World War II: Divisions of the British Army [1] 1st African Division 2nd African Division

The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of India until national independence in 1947

The Burma Independence Army (BIA) was a pro-Japanese and revolutionary army that fought for the end of British rule in Burma by assisting the Japanese

The 5th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army which served during the First and Second World Wars. The division was formed in February

The Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force (HKNVR) was a volunteer navy established in 1933. In 1939, it was granted the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve status

The Hong Kong Chinese Regiment (HKCR) was a regiment that was raised by the British Army shortly before the Battle of Hong Kong during World War II. The

This is a List of facilities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Australia (BCATP), a major program for training Royal Australian Air Force

The Burma Corps ('Burcorps') was an Army Corps of the Indian Army during the Second World War. It was formed in Prome, Burma, on 19 March 1942, took part

The 2nd Division of the Australian Army, also known as the 2nd (Australian) Division, commands all the Reserve brigades in Australia. These are the 4th

Hong Kong Volunteer Company (Chinese: 香港志願連) was a company of British-Chinese soldiers that escaped Japanese occupied Hong Kong, and served with the British

The 1st Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army. It was formed as the Mobile Division on 24 November 1937, after several years of

The Caribbean Regiment (fully the First Caribbean Regiment or 1st Caribbean Regiment, and sometimes referred to as the Carib Regiment) was a regiment of

The S-Plan or Sabotage Campaign or England Campaign was a campaign of bombing and sabotage against the civil, economic and military infrastructure of the

The 2nd Armoured Division was a division of the British Army that was active during the early stages of the Second World War. The division's creation had

The 1st (United Kingdom) Division is an active division of the British Army that has been formed and disestablished numerous times between 1809 and the

During the Second World War, the basic tactical formation used by the majority of combatants was the division. It was a self-contained formation that possessed

During the Second World War, the British Army made extensive use of fictional formations as part of various military deception efforts to inflate their

Force 136 was a far eastern branch of the British World War II intelligence organisation, the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Originally set up in

The 1st South African Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa. During World War II the division served in East

This page displays the formation signs of higher formations (above division) of the British Army during the First and Second World Wars, and after. For

This page details the South African Army order of battle in 1940, before and after the formation of expeditionary forces. Defence Headquarters: Pretoria

During the Second World War, the British Army maintained and created several mechanised, motorised, and horse-based brigades that were not infantry-based

The Fiji Guerrillas were a commando battalion consisting of two commando companies, raised by the New Zealand Army for service during World War II. The

Essential Services Protection Corps was a Union Defence Force (UDF) unit formed in South Africa in October 1939. It was formed to maintain internal security

At the start of 1939, the British Army was, as it traditionally always had been, a small volunteer professional army. At the beginning of the Second World

lascars working on British merchant ships in and around the British Empire. In World War II thousands of lascars served in the war and died on vessels