 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mabhatani e4th, 5th uye 6th, ose ari chikamu cheHondo yeTerritorial, akashanda muFar East. The 5th uye 6th Guta reNorwich vose vakagoverwa kuna 53rd Infantry Brigade, uye 4th Battalion kuna 54th Infantry Brigade. Mapurisa ose ari maviri aiva rutivi rwe18th Infantry Division. Mumakore akawanda ekuvapo kwavo, mabhatani matatu aya akaramba ari muUnited Kingdom achipiwa mabasa ekudzivirira mahombekombe uye kudzidziswa kudzosera kupinda kweGerman uye, muna Gumiguru 1941, chikamu chakaenda, chakanangana neMiddle East. Chikamu 18 chakarwa mukudzivirira kweSingaporeuye Malaya mukurwisana nokufambira mberi kweJapan. Varume veaya mabhatani, uye mamwe mabhatani eEast Anglian emamwe mapoka, akapedzisira ava vasungwa vehondo apo Singapore yakawa muna February 1942. Vaizoramba vakadaro kusvikira muna August 1945, panguva iyo vaishandiswa sevashandi vanomanikidzwa pamapurojekiti akadai seRwizi Rworufu kuburikidza neBurma. 