 Nguva pfupi vasati vabva kuUnited Kingdom, battalion yacho yakaongororwa naGeneral Sir Bernard Paget, Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, mukuru mukuru akanga ashanda neboka racho Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga uye panguva yehondo yacho uye mwanakomana wake Lieutenant Tony Paget aizoshanda ne1st Battalion yeboka racho. Navamwe vose veboka racho, vakabva muUnited Kingdom mukupera kwaAugust 1942. Chikamu chacho chakatumirwa kuPersia neIraq Command uye battalion gare gare yakarwisana muhondo yekupedzisira muTunisia Campaign muna April 1943. Bhatani racho rakabudirira kurwisa paEnfidaville pashure pokufamba kwemakiromita 3.000 nomugwagwa kubva kuIraq. MuItaly Campaign, 7th Ox neBucks vakatora chikamu mukumhara kuSalerno munaGunyana 1943 uyezve kumhara kweAnziomuna February 1944 uye vakakuvadzwa zvikuru muzvikwata zvose zviri zviviri uye vakauya pasi pehutungamiri hweUnited States Fifth Army, inotungamirirwa naLieutenant General Mark Wayne Clark, muzvikwata zvose zviri zviviri. 