To close this gap, General Weygand ordered a counterattack by British forces around the city of Arras.

By 14 June, Rommel had achieved a decisive victory, and the Eighth Army ordered the evacuation of the Gazala line.

9th DLI was cut off to the west, went north, and joined 1st South African Division's retreat along the coast.

On 27 June, the German 90th Light Division attacked 151st Brigade, striking 9th DLI which lost 300 prisoners.

Adam Herbert Wakenshaw, 28-year-old private in the 9th DLI, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his valiant actions in the face of the enemy on 27 June 1942 south of Mersa Matruh.

On 5 October, 50th Division rejoined XIII Corps in preparation for the Second Battle of El Alamein.

On 29 October, 151st Brigade was attached to the 2nd New Zealand Division for Operation Supercharge, a new attack at "Kidney Ridge" on 2 November.

The next afternoon, while the tank forces battled, 151st Brigade pressed on to "SKINFLINT", a position about two miles west-south-west of Kidney Ridge.

Here the Axis forces made a stand, occupying the old French fortifications of the Mareth Line.

50th Division, with the Brigade, was again assigned to XIII Corps for Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily.

Instead, by request of General Bernard Law Montgomery, on 19 October 1943, 50th Division was withdrawn to Britain for reforming and training, in preparation for the invasion of northwest Europe.

The Brigade made the initial assault on the villages of Lingèvres and Les Verrières, which were captured by the 9th DLI.

[2] On 30 September, all of 50th Division was tasked with guarding the bridge and bridgehead north of Nijmegen, called "the Island".

The 9th DLI was removed from the Brigade, and replaced by 1st/7th Battalion of the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.