Between 1939 and 1940, the battery was in France as part of I Corps with the new 25-pounder guns. It was evacuated from Dunkirk on HMS Worcester, having destroyed the guns and handed over all ammunition and rifles. It was then in the UK from 1940 to 1942, before returning to campaign service in North Africa with General Montgomery in 1943. Between 1944 and 1945, the battery was in action in Tunisia and Italy, in support of 31 infantry brigade, during the Anzio bridgehead and the push north through Florence towards Bologna. During the batteries service in Italy it again saw service with No. 6 Squadron RAF with whom the battery had served during the first world war.