British County Divisions

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. They were static formations which were supposed to command the Independent Infantry Brigades (Home) which were on anti-invasion duties. Each coast in danger had its own County Division.^[1]

The divisions were:^[1]

• Devon and Cornwall County Division
• Dorset County Division
• Durham and North Riding County Division
• Essex County Division (formerly the West Sussex County Division)
• Hampshire County Division
• Lincolnshire County Division
• Norfolk County Division
• Northumberland County Division
• West Sussex County Division (later, the Essex County Division)
• Yorkshire County Division

These formations had none of the usual divisional units that other permanent divisions had. Any they commanded were temporarily on loan from other formations.^[1]

References

1. Forty 2009.

Sources

• Forty, George (2009). "Appendix 1 - British Army Divisions of the Second World War - County Divisions". Companion to the British Army 1939-45. The History Press. ISBN 9780750951395.