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List of Indian divisions in World War II
Last updated
June 03, 2025
This is a
list of British-Indian Army divisions in World War II
.
Contents
Divisions by type
Airborne
Armoured
Infantry
Long-range Penetration
Training
Deception / Lines of Communication
Emergency
See also
Notes
References
External links
Divisions by type
Airborne
9th Airborne Division
44th Airborne Division
Armoured
31st Armoured Division
32nd Armoured Division
43rd Armoured Division
44th Armoured Division
(reformed as
44th Airborne Division
)
Infantry
4th Division
5th Division
6th Division
7th Division
8th Division
9th Division
10th Division
11th Division
14th Division
17th Division
[
a
]
19th Division
20th Division
23rd Division
25th Division
26th Division
34th Division
36th Division
(later converted to an all-British formation)
1st Burma Division
(later designated as
39th Division
)
Long-range Penetration
3rd Division
(used as a cover name for the
Chindits
)
Training
14th Division
39th Division
(formerly
1st Burma Division
)
Deception / Lines of Communication
2nd Division
12th Division
Emergency
21st Division
See also
Indian Army during World War II
List of Indian divisions in World War I
List of British Empire divisions in the Second World War
British Empire in World War II
Notes
↑
Post-war, the
17th Gurkha Division
would be formed using this number.
[
1
]
References
↑
Rinaldi, Richard A.
"Gurkha Regiments in the British Army Post World War II"
(PDF)
. Orbat.com. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 16 June 2012
. Retrieved
2 January
2014
.
External links
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Higher level commands
Commands and Army Groups
Armies
Corps
Divisions
British
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Commonwealth
Brigades
Airborne
Anti-aircraft
Commonwealth and Empire
British Indian
Infantry (1–100)
(101–308 and named)
Mobile
Special Service
Deception
Allied
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