 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles yakaumba chikamu che1st London Infantry Brigade, iyo pachayo chikamu che1st London Division. MunaNovember 1940 battalion yakaendeswa ku2nd London Brigade, iyo yakakurumidza kunyorwa se168th London Infantry Brigade, nekuda kwekugadziriswa kwechikamu se56th London Infantry Division. Kubvira pakatanga Hondo Yenyika II muna September 1939 kusvikira pakupera kwaJuly 1942, battalion yacho yakanga ichidzidziswa, zvikurukuru kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweEngland. Bhatani racho rakabva muEngland muna August 1942 kuti rinoshanda kuMiddle East. Muna Kubvumbi 1943 bhata, pamwe chete nevamwe vese ve168th Brigade, vakaendeswa kwenguva pfupi ku50th Northumbrian Infantry Division uye vakarwa muAllied invasion yeSicily, codenamed Operation Husky, muna Chikunguru Nyamavhuvhu. Bhatani racho, sechikamu che168th Brigade, rakadzokera ku56th Division muItaly muna Gumiguru, uye rakatora chikamu mune zviitiko zvikuru panguva yeItaly Campaign kuFosso Bottacetto kumaodzanyemba kweCatania, Monte Camino, Monte Damiano, Garagliano kuyambuka panguva yekutanga Hondo yeMonte Cassino neAprilia Anzio, uye paGothic Line, uye, ichidzokera ku167th Brigade, bhati rakaita basa rinotungamira mukupedzisira kweAllied kurwisa kuNorth Italy muna Kubvumbi 1945. Mumwedzi wavakapedza vachirwisana muAnzio beachhead, kurasikirwa kwe1st Battalion kwakasvika mazana matanhatu evakuru uye mamwe mazita akaurayiwa, akakuvadzwa uye asipo. Varume vanenge 700 veLondon Irish Rifles vakaurawa muhondo muHondo Yenyika II. 