Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 18th Battalion bụ ndị mbụ nke ọhụrụ Recce Corps ịhụ ihe. Ya na 18th Division ka esila England gaa Middle East Command, mana mgbe ọ nọ n'Oké Osimiri India, a tụgharịrị ya na Far East na-esote
Ndị Japan wakporo Malaya. Mgbe ọ kwụsịrị na India, o sooro ndị isi nke nkewa ahụ gaa Singapore, na-agbadata na 5 February 1942. N'ịbụ ndị tufuru ihe ka ukwuu n'agha na akụrụngwa ya mgbe ndị Japan na-atụ bọmbụ wakporo ndị agha ya bụ "Empress nke Asia", ndị otu ahụ ji ọsọ gbanyeghachi dị ka ndị agha na-agafe agafe ma kwaga n'akụkụ ugwu nke nchekwa nke Singapore Island. E kenyere ụlọ ọrụ abụọ na 54th Bde, ndị fọdụrụnụ nọ n'isi ụlọ ọrụ nkewa.