Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna 1941, muHondo Yenyika II, Essame akava mukuru mukuru (CO) we1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Achirega kutungamirira battalion, akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier muna September 1942 uye akava mutungamiri we 214th Infantry Brigade, achitungamirira brigade muhondo muNorth Europe
. Akapiwa Distinguished Service Order muna October 1944. Muna Chikumi 1945, mwedzi mushure mekupera kweHondo Yenyika II muEurope, akashanda kwenguva pfupi seGeneral officer commanding (GOC) ye43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division panzvimbo yeiyo yekutanga GOC, Major General Ivor Thomas. Essame akava Commander weOrder yeBritish Empire muna Gumiguru 1945.