Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te 6th Battalion he pātaka mahi whawhai i hangaia i te Oketopa 1940. I te tīmatanga o te tau 1942 i whakawhiwhia te ope taua ki te 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), e mahi tahi ana me te 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers me te 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles. I raro i te whakahau a Brigadier The O'Donovan te piritiata, ā, i muri mai ka whakaingoatia hei 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade, he wāhanga o te 6th Armoured Division. I te wa o te whawhai i Itari, ka mahi te 6th Battalion i te waahi kotahi me te 2nd Battalion. I whawhai te 6th Battalion i te Campaign Tunisian i Awherika ki te Raki i te tau 1942-1943 me te toenga o te 6th Armoured Division, he waahanga o te British First Army, ana ko te 2nd Battalion i uru ki nga taunga ki Sicily
kātahi ko Itari.