Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 1st Battalion, iyo pakutanga yakanga ichishumira ne25th Infantry Brigade mu50th Division, yakatumirwa kuFrance mukuvamba kwa1940 kuti ibatanidze vamwe vose veBritish Expeditionary Force. Bhatani racho rakarwa muHondo yeDunkirk uye rakamanikidzwa kubviswa. Mushure meDunkirk, battalion yakava chikamu che 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), iyo yakazotumidzwa 38th (Irish) Brigade. Boka iri rakatanga rakasungirirwa ku6th Armoured Division uye rakashanda navo panguva yekutanga kweTunisian Campaign kusvika 2 Kukadzi 1943, payakashandurwa ne1st Guards Brigade ye78th "Battleaxe" Division. Bhatani racho raizoramba riri pamwe chete nedhivhizheni kwehondo yose, richibatira mu
vachirwisana muSicily, uko Irish Brigade yakarwisana, nokubudirira kukuru, muHondo yeCenturipe muna August 1943. Kubudirira muSicily kwakateverwa nokumhara muItaly. Munguva yebasa rayo muItaly, battalion yakatora chikamu mukuyambuka rwizi rwakawanda uye hondo pamwe ingangove yakakurumbira iri Hondo yeMonte Cassino, imwe yehondo dzakarwiwa zvakanyanya pamushandirapamwe wese uye vakaona kurwa kwavo kwekupedzisira muOperation Grapeshot.