 Complete the following phrase:  He served in the Second World War 19391945 initially as deputy assistant adjutant-general for 27 Anti-Aircraft Group, then deployed to France and Belgium with the British Expeditionary Force BEF. On 1 March 1942 he took over as Commanding Officer CO of the 6th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry with the task of converting it into the 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. In August 1942 he joined the 132nd Welsh Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, which formed part of the 78th Battleaxe Infantry Division and commanded it in the 