 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwehondo 2nd Battalion, yakarairwa kubva muna Chikunguru 1938 naLieutenant Colonel Edward Williams, yakamira muPalestine sechikamu che14th Infantry Brigade ye8th Infantry Division. The chikwata, ipapo raitungamirirwa Lieutenant Colonel James Renton, gare gare akarwa pamwe musiyano sechikamu 7th Motor Brigade muna 1st Armored Division muna Western Desert Campaign, kunyanya muna Snipe chiito panguva Second Battle of El Alamein muna October 1942, apo mana 6-pounders of chikwata, vachitsigirwa 6-pounder Anti-Tank bhatiri of Royal Artillery, akarova pamusoro 50 tanks German uye Italian muhondo refu. Lieutenant Colonel Victor Buller Turner, aitungamirira battalion panguva iyi, akagamuchira Victoria Cross nokuda kwezviito zvake zvokurwisana nezvombo. Inotungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel Thomas Pearson, battalion, pamwe chete ne1st Battalion, yakaramba ichiita basa rakakosha mumatanho ekupedzisira eTunisia Campaign. MunaGunyana 1943 battalion yakachinjirwa ku7th Armoured Brigade mu10th Armoured Division, ichiramba iine iyo kuumbwa muNorth Africa kusvika Chivabvu 1944, payakachinjirwa ku61st Lorried Infantry Brigade mu6th Armoured Division yekushandira muItaly Campaign, ichiona chiito muChitatu uye yekupedzisira hondo yeMonte Cassino., Gothic Line neSpring 1945 kurwisa muItaly, izvo zvakaunza kuguma kwehondo muItaly pakutanga kwaMay 1945. 