title: List of British Commonwealth divisions in the Second World War
text: # List of British Commonwealth divisions in the Second World War
  
  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
  