 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - 4th5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment yaiva chikwata cheT Territorial Army uye yakakamurwa kuti ibatsire kusikazve 5th Battalion, iyo yakanga yaparara muma1920, muna 1939 nekuda kweT Territorial Army yakapetwa kaviri sezvo imwe kurwisana yakanga, panguva ino, yaitaridzika isingadzivisiki. Mabhatani ose ari maviri akapiwa 54th Infantry Brigade, iyo yaisanganisira 4th Royal Norfolk Regiment, yakapiwa 18th Infantry Division, 2nd Line duplicate ye 54th East Anglian Infantry Division. Pasinei nokuva 2nd Line formation, 18th Division yaiva nezvikamu zvakawanda zve1st Line. Boka racho rakapedza makore okutanga ehondo richidzivirira England uye richidzivirira pakurwiswa neGermany pashure pokunge uto guru reBritain rabudiswa muDunkirk. Mukupera kwa1941 Chikamu chechi18, chechina nechishanu cheSuffolks chakabatanidzwa, chaizotumirwa kuEgypt asi panzvimbo pacho chakatumirwa kuSingapore kunobatsira kusimbisa varwi ikoko mushure mekunge Japan yapinda muhondo muna Zvita 1941. Pakuvamba muna 1942, mabhataiyoni ose ari maviri rechina nerechishanu akarwa kwenguva pfupi mukudzivirira Singaporevachirwisa maJapan, ne18th Division, mauto eBritish Commonwealth pachitsuwa ichocho asati azvipira musi wa15 February 1942 pasi pemirairo yaLieutenant-General Arthur Percival. Varume vomumabatairiyoni maviri aya vakatambura zvikuru sevasungwa vehondo uye vakamanikidzwa kubatanidzwa mukuvakwa kweBurma Railway. 