British and Dominion Forces Armed Forces

World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 24.04.2011

British and Dominion Armed Forces

Complete
Orders of Battle

British Armed Forces
3 September 1939
  The British Army and Colonial Troops
  Royal Navy
  Royal Air Force

Australian Armed Forces
3 September 1939
  The Australian Army [1]
  Royal Australian Navy
  Royal Australian Air Force

8 December 1941
  Australian Army
  Royal Australian Navy
  Royal Australian Air Force

Canadian Armed Forces
3 September 1939
  The Canadian Army [1]
  Royal Canadian Navy
  Royal Canadian Air Force

7 December 1941
  Royal Canadian Air Force

Indian Armed Forces
3 September 1939
  The Army in India
  The Indian State Forces [1]
  The Auxiliary Force India [1]
  Royal Indian Navy
  Indian Air Force

New Zealand Defence Forces
3 September 1939
  The New Zealand Army [1]
  New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy
  Royal New Zealand Air Force

8 December 1941
  New Zealand Army
  Royal New Zealand Navy
  Royal New Zealand Air Force

South African Armed Forces
3 September 1939
The South African Army [1]

[1] Linked to
"Commonwealth Orders of Battle"
by David A. Ryan

Operational
Orders of Battle

European Theater of Operations
Norway, April - June 1940
     North West Expeditionary Force
France, May 1940
     British Expeditionary Force
United Kingdom, August 1940
     RAF Fighter Command
Planned Invasion of Britain, September 1940
      Unternehmen Seelöwe
Northwest Europe, 6 June 1944
     Neptune (Operation Overlord)

Mediterranean Theater of Operations
  Greece, April 1941
     W Force
Crete, May 1941
     Creforce
North Africa, 23 October 1942
     El Alamein
North Africa, 11 November 1942
     Torch

Pacific Theater of Operations
Far East, 8 December 1941
Malaya, Burma, and Hong Kong

Military
Organizations

September 1939
  Infantry Division
  Motor Division
  1st Armoured Division
  Armoured Division (Egypt)
  Army Tank Brigade
  Cavalry Brigade
May 1940
  The British Army
October 1942
  Infantry Division
  Mixed Division
  Armoured Division (ME)
June 1944
  The British Army