 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - 2nd Battalion, pasi pehutungamiriri hwaLieutenant Colonel Donald Butterworth, yakatumirwa kuFrance nguva pfupi mushure mekutanga kwehondo munaGunyana 1939 sechikamu che2nd Infantry Brigade pamwe ne1st Loyal Regiment uye 1st Gordon Highlanders, 1st Infantry Division uye yaive chikamu cheBritish Expeditionary Force BEF, uye yaibatanidzwa muhondo dzeFrance neBelgium isati yabviswa kubva kuDunkirk musi wa1 Chikumi 1940. Zvichitevera izvozvo, 2nd Battalion yakapedza makore ichidzivirira musha muUnited Kingdom ichigadzirira kupindirwa kweGermany kweEngland uko hakuna kumboitika. Bhatani racho rakaramba riri muUnited Kingdom kusvikira muna 1943 apo, richiri chikamu che1st Infantry Division, rakaenda kuNorth Africa ndokutora chikamu mumushandirapamwe muTunisia, British First Army. Bhatani racho harina kubatanidzwa mukupinda muSicily kana kuti mukupinda kwokutanga muItalyasi yakanga iri imwe yemapoka anotungamirira mukumhara kweAnzio muna January 1944, pasi pokutungamirirwa kweU.S. Fifth Army, uko vakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru kwazvo. Musi waFebruary 7 battalion yakarasikirwa nevanhu 323 vachiedza kutora Buonriposo Ridge iyo yavakabata asi vakamanikidzwa kupa rwizi mushure mekushandisa zvombo zvavo. Pakazosvika May, mushure meOperation Diadem, battalion yakanga yatora zvinyorwa zvisere zvekuchinja. Zvino vachirwisana sechikamu cheBritish Eighth Army, 2nd Battalion yakaramba ichishanda muItaly, ichirwisana neGothic Line, kusvikira munaJanuary 1945 apo battalion uye vamwe vose ve1st Infantry Division vakatamiswa kuPalestine. 