 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters yakanga ichishumira mu3rd Infantry Brigade, chikamu che1st Infantry Division, iyo battalion yaizoramba nayo muhondo yose. Chikamu chakatumirwa kuFrance munaGunyana 1939 nguva pfupi mushure mekutanga kwehondo, ichijoinha British Expeditionary Force BEF. Bhatani racho rakaramba riri muFrance kusvikira muna May 1940 apo vaGermany vakapinda muNetherlands. Vakatora rutivi mukurwisana kupfupi asi kwakakasharara uye vakamanikidzwa kubviswa paDunkirk sezvo BEF yakanga iri mungozi yokukomberedzwa nokukurirwa. Ivo vakabviswa vakaendeswa kuEngland ndokupedza makore maviri akatevera vachidzivirira musha nokugadzirira kupinda kweGermany uko hakuna kutongosvika. Mukutanga kwa1943 boka racho rakatumirwa kuNorth Africa uko rakava chikamu cheBritish First Army uye rakatora chikamu mumatanho ekupedzisira eTunisian Campaign. Muna January 1944, vakatora rutivi mukumhara paAnzio, pasi pehutungamiri hweU.S. Fifth Army, uko vakatambura kurasikirwa kwakanyanya mune kumwe kurwa kwakanyanya kweItaly Campaign kusvika zvino, uye gare gare vachirwisana panguva yeOperation Diadem uye paGothic Line. Vakarwa muItaly kusvikira muna January 1945 pavakaendeswa kuPalestine ndokugara ikoko kusvikira hondo yapera. 