Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 6th Battalion bụ battalion agha-ọrụ e kere na Ọktoba 1940. Na mbido 1942, e kenyere ndị agha ahụ na 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), na-eje ozi n'akụkụ 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers na 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles. Brigade ahụ nọ n'okpuru iwu nke Brigadier The O'Donovan ma mesịa weghachite 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade, nke bụ akụkụ nke 6th Armored Division. N'oge ọgụ na Ịtali, Battalion nke isii ga-eje ozi n'otu ebe ahụ dị ka Battalion nke abụọ. Battalion nke isii lụrụ ọgụ na Tunisia Campaign na North Africa na 1942-1943 na ndị ọzọ nke 6th Armored Division, akụkụ nke British First Army, na Battalion nke abụọ sonyere na
ụgbọ mmiri ndị ahụ kwụsịrị na Sicily ma mesịa gawa Ịtali.