Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1941, i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka noho a Essame hei rangatira rangatira (CO) o te 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. I te whakarere i te whakahau o te roopu, i whakatairangahia ia ki te pirihimana i te marama o Hepetema 1942 a ka riro ia hei rangatira mo te 214th Infantry Brigade, e arahi ana i te pirihimana i roto i
e whawhai ana i te raki o Uropi. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Tohu Ratonga Tohu i te Oketopa 1944. I te marama o Hune 1945, kotahi marama i muri i te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i Uropi, i mahi poto ia hei rangatira rangatira (GOC) o te 43rd (Wessex) Division Infantry i te waahi o te GOC taketake, Major General Ivor Thomas. I riro a Essame hei Kaihautū o te Whakataunga o te Emepaea o Ingarangi i te Oketopa 1945.