The British Army entered the Second World War on 3rd September 1939 and served across all major theatres from Europe, to the Pacific, and the Far East.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Several soldiers with connections to Northern Ireland died in 1944 while serving in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Italian Campaign.
Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Burma Rifles
Cameronians
Cheshire Regiment
Commandos
Corps of Military Police
Dorsetshire Regiment
Durham Light Infantry
During the Second World War, the Durham Light Infantry raised 15 Battalions seeing action in France in 1940 and throughout the remainder of the conflict.
East Lancashire Regiment
General Service Corps
Glider Pilot Regiment
Gordon Highlanders
Grenadier Guards
Hampshire Regiment
Highland Light Infantry
Irish Guards
During the Second World War, the Irish Guards fought in Norway, France, North Africa, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany, seeing action in May 1940.
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Lancashire Fusiliers
London Irish Rifles
In 1937, following the disbanding of the London Regiment, the unit known as the London Irish Rifles became London Irish Rifles, the Royal Ulster Rifles.
London Scottish Gordon Highlanders
Middlesex Regiment
Monmouthshire Regiment
North Staffordshire Regiment
Northamptonshire Regiment
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Parachute Regiment
Pioneer Corps
The Pioneer Corps formed in 1939 as a combatant corps. The British Army used it for light engineering and a range of other tasks across the theatre of war.
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Artillery
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Royal Corps of Signals
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Royal Engineers
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Battalions of the historic regiment of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers served throughout the world during the Second World War from Dunkirk to Burma.