Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kafa brigade a Saliyo daga Janairu zuwa Yuni 1941. Daga nan sai ya yi tafiya zuwa Masar, ya isa a watan Yuli, inda ya kasance a ƙarƙashin Sojojin Gabas ta Tsakiya, yana ciyar da gajeren lokaci a ƙarƙashin umurnin Rundunar Sojojin Indiya ta 4, XIII Corps, da Sojojin Burtaniya na takwas, yayin da aka kawar da mafi yawan rukunoninsa. A watan Nuwambar 1941, Brigade HQ da 1/4th Essex sun sake tafiya zuwa Cyprus, inda aka haɗa su da bataliya biyu na Sojojin Indiya kuma aka sanya su zuwa Rukunin Indiya na 5. A ranar 26 ga Nuwamba 1941 an canza brigade zuwa Sojojin Indiya a matsayin Brigade na 161 na Indiya. A matsayinta na rundunar sojojin Indiya, ta halarci yakin da aka yi a Yammacin Hamada da Burma, inda ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen yakar Sojojin Jafananci a cikin Siege na Kohima.
a tsakiyar 1944.