British County Divisions
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- 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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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