 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni ọjọ 22 Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 1939, ṣaaju ki ogun to bẹrẹ, Fullbrook-Leggatt ni igbega si ipo igbakanna ti brigadier ati pe o fun ni aṣẹ ti 184th Infantry Brigade, apakan ti 61st Infantry Division, lẹhinna ni aṣẹ nipasẹ Major General Robert Collins. Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun náà jẹ ẹka kejì ti Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun Ilẹ TA, tí wọn ṣẹṣẹ dá sílẹ gẹgẹ bí ẹdà ti Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun ẹlẹẹdógún-láàdọjọ, tí wọn sì jẹ àwọn ọmọ ogun tí wọn kì í ṣe ọmọ ogun. Ibẹrẹ ogun ri brigade ti a ṣe igbesoke fun iṣẹ ogun ni akoko kikun, ati ikẹkọ fun iṣẹ okeokun ni Faranse pẹlu British Expeditionary Force BEF, botilẹjẹpe ikọlu German ti France ni Oṣu Karun ọdun 1940 ṣe idiwọ eyi, ati brigade, pẹlu iyokù ti Ẹka 61st, ti o jẹ olori lọwọlọwọ nipasẹ Major General Adrian Carton de Wiart, gbe lọ si Northern Ireland, lẹhin ti BEF ti wa ni : a yọ wọn kuro ni France ati pe o ṣeeṣe pe awọn ara Jamani yoo lu United Kingdom nipasẹ Gusu Ireland wo Iṣẹ-ṣiṣe Green. 