of Independence 1919–21. Recruited from former officers of the British Army who had served during World War I, the Auxiliary Division was a motorized mobile force nominally forming part of the Royal Irish Constabulary. Cumann na mBan was the preceding organisation of the Women's Arm of the Irish Volunteers that acted as an auxiliary in the Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence. World War II In 1941 the British Government created an organization of Auxiliary Units in southern England who would wage a guerilla war against occupying forces should Britain be invaded by the Nazis. Since the invasion never came, they were ultimately never used in combat. The Auxiliary Units were meant to carry out assaults on German units, along with damaging train lines and aircraft if necessary. Whilst working as full-time, active duty personnel, the women's services of WWII were titled as or seen as auxiliaries to the male services. These services were: Local Defence Volunteers, or Home Guard Women's Royal Naval Service Auxiliary Territorial Service Women's Auxiliary Air Force Air Transport Auxiliary Women's Home Defence Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma) The Royal Auxiliary Air Force was originally an auxiliary of the Royal Air Force, when it was first conceived and formed in 1924. Today the RAuxAF acts as a military reserve; this is reflected in its more common name 'RAF Reserve'. Other former British military or governmental auxiliary organizations included: Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service a former auxiliary to the Royal Navy Royal Naval Auxiliary Service a former auxiliary to the Royal Navy Royal Naval Minewatching Service a former auxiliary to the Royal Navy Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service a former auxiliary to the Royal Navy Royal Observer Corps a former auxiliary to the Royal Air Force Dominion organisations Auxiliary organizations of Dominions of the British Empire: Australia Australian Women's Army Service Volunteer Air Observers Corps (Australia) Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force Women's Royal Australian Naval Service Canada Aircraft Identity Corps Canadian Women's Army Corps Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service Newfoundland Aircraft Detection Corps Newfoundland New Zealand New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force Denmark Luftmeldekorpset a former auxiliary of the Danish Home Guard from 1952 to 2004. French Africa France made extensive use of tribal allies (goumiers) as auxiliaries in its North African possessions. During the Algerian War of 1954–62 large numbers of Muslim auxiliaries (Harkis) were employed in support of