 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - 1st Battalion, Kings Own yakanga iri muMalta pakatanga hondo, ichienda kuKarachi muBritish India pakupera kwa1939. Gare gare yakashanda ne17th Indian Infantry Brigade. Yakazoshanda muIraq neSyriane25th Indian Infantry Brigade, iyo yakashanda nayo kusvika muna Gumiguru 1943, ye10th Indian Infantry Division. Muna August 1942, battalion yacho yakabva kuEgypt ichienda kuCyprus, asi kutakura kwacho kwakaputirwa nemapurisa uye mauto aifanira kudzoka uye kudzoka zvakare gare gare. Muna Chivabvu 1943, battalion yakadzokera kuSyria, ndokuzobatana ne234th Infantry Brigade muAegean Islands muna Gumiguru 1943. Pano, chikamu chikuru chebhotani chakabatwa nemaGerman musi wa16 Mbudzi, mushure meHondo yeLeros, nevakuru makumi mashanu nevashanu nevarume vakakwanisa kutiza chitsuwa ichi. 1st Battalion yakavandudzwa ikava 25th Indian Infantry Brigade, musi wa 30 Ndira 1944, nekubatanidzwa ne8th Battalion, Kings Own. Bhatani rakagadziridzwa, riri pasi pehutungamiri hweLieutenant Colonel Richard Neville Anderson, rakazoshanda muItaly Campaign ne25th Indian Brigade kwehondo yose. 