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Cannot provide the information you seek but these figures may shed some light (or not)
Military losses 1939 Popn %
UK 299-326,000 46 million 0.71
Canada 37-42,000 11.5 m 0.37
India 36,000 -
Australia 29-31,000 7.7 m 0.40
NZ 12-13,000 1.7 m 0.76
RSA 9,000 -
UK Colonies 6900 -
I cannot disentangle the data for the significant numbers of Poles, French etc etc serving with the British from their losses in the invasions of their own countries.
Assuming that the average Brit was not more or less likely to go for a Burton than his collonial/dominion/allied mate then the casualties should give a feel for the relative sizes of the forces involved ie around 70% UK. Obviously these statistics can hide wide fluctuations in a particular place or a particular time they always can, by their very nature.
Living in the 21st century "Empire" seems very strange and slightly tarnished. Thank goodness it still worked back then.
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