Infantry
During 1942, 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment spent time at Sunnylands Camp in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim before handing the site over to U.S. troops.
1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers began the Second World War in India, before playing a role in the Burma campaign in 1942-1943 alongside Indian units.
During the Second World War, 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment saw action with the B.E.F. at Dunkirk in 1940 before fighting through northwest Europe in 1944-1945.
2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers deployed to France with the B.E.F. in 1939. They later fought in Madagascar and in the Italian campaign from 1943.
2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers fought across the Mediterranean theatre during the Second World War, spending some time on Malta and on the Greek islands.
6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers landed in Algeria in November 1942, seeing action throughout the North Africa campaign before disbanding in 1944.
