List of British armies in World War II

This page is a list of British Armies in World War II. It is intended to provide a central point to access information about British formations of that size.

First Army (1942–43)
Second Army (1943–1945)
Fourth Army (fictitious/military deception)
Eighth Army (1941–1945)
Ninth Army (1941–1945)
Tenth Army (1942–1943)
Twelfth Army (1945)
Fourteenth Army (1943–1945)

British Army lists

Commands and Army groups
First World War
Field armies Corps Divisions Brigades
Second World War
Field armies Corps Divisions Brigades Deception Royal Armoured Corps Regiments
Regiments
Royal Artillery (1938–47) Cavalry Foot in 1881 in 1962 in 2008 Present-day Nicknames
Other
Royal Artillery Batteries Yeomanry Regiments converted- to Royal Artillery Territorial Force Units in 1908 Territorial Army units in 2012 Reserve Units (2020) Garrisons Cadet Force Equipment Lists of British Army units and formations

British army groups, armies, commands, and corps during the Second World War
Army Groups (list)	11th 15th 18th 21st Allied Armies in Italy
Armies (list)	British Expeditionary Force First Second Eighth Ninth Tenth Twelfth Fourteenth
Corps (List)	I I Airborne II III IV V VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XXX 1st Anti-Aircraft 2nd Anti-Aircraft 3rd Anti-Aircraft Commonwealth
Commands (List)	Aden Aldershot Allied Land Forces South East Asia Anti-Aircraft British Army of the Rhine British India Burma Cyrenaica East Africa Eastern Egypt Far East London Malaya Malta Middle East Northern Northern Ireland Palestine Persia and Iraq Scottish South East Asia South Eastern Southern West Africa Western
Other	ABDA Allied Force Headquarters Deception First Allied Airborne Army Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

British military formations during the Second World War
Higher level commands	Commands and Army Groups Armies Corps
Divisions	British British Indian Commonwealth
Brigades	Airborne Anti-aircraft Commonwealth and Empire British Indian Infantry (1–100) (101–308 and named) Mobile Special Service
Other	Deception

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List of British armies in World War II

See also