 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 2 Gumiguru 1939, battalion yakapiwa ku23rd Northumbrian Division. Chikamu chakatumirwa kuFrance musi wa22 Kubvumbi 1940, pabasa rekushanda nekudzidzisa, pasina chero zvombo zvayo kana chikamu chikuru chezviratidzo zvayo uye zvikamu zvehutungamiri. Musi wa 20 Chivabvu 1940, divi racho rakarasikirwa zvakanyanya richiedza kunonoka kufambira mberi kweGerman kuArras uye raifanira kubviswa kuDunkirk.. Pakudzokera kwayo kuUnited Kingdom 23rd Division yakaparadzwa nokuda kwekurasikirwa kwakanyanya kwayakanga yatambura uye mabhirigidhi maviri ehondo akatumirwa kune mamwe mapoka. 