"Glengyle" was part of the Bardia raid on 19–20 April 1941, and later that month was involved in the evacuation of Greece. She evacuated some 4,500 troops from Porto Rafti and, in May, carried another 3,000 to Crete. Later in May, she and the evacuated 6,000 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as part of the evacuation of Crete. On 8 June, "Glengyle" was operating with the cruisers , and at the start of the Syria-Lebanon Campaign. By January 1942, she was part of the Malta Convoys, carrying supplies from Alexandria, before returning to Britain in April for preparations for the Dieppe Raid. To keep secret the presence of an infantry landing ship, "Glengyle" was disguised as a tanker, and was present at the operation on 19 August, transporting The Essex Scottish Regiment to White Beach.