 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The 8th Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles, yakasimudzwawo muna 1940, uye yakabatana ne203rd Independent Infantry Brigade Kumba. Mukutanga kwa1942 battalion yakaendeswa kuRoyal Artillery ikachinjwa kuita 117th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery. Iyo regiment yakashanda neHome Forces kusvika munaNovember 1942 payakatumirwa mhiri kwemakungwa kuNorth Africa kunorwa mumatanho ekupedzisira eNorth Africa Campaign sechikamu cheBritish First Army. Muna September 1943 chikwata chacho chakasvika muItaly nokukurumidza pashure pokupinda kwokutanga, zvino sechikamu cheBritish Eighth Army, uye yakashanda kuItaly Front kusvika munaJune 1944, apo hurumende yakaparadzaniswa uye varume vakadzidziswazve sevashandi, nekuda kwekushomeka kwakanyanya kwevashandi, kunyanya muItaly. Vazhinji vevarume vakadzidziswa vakaendeswa ku 2nd, 7th uye 10th battalions yeRifle Brigade Prince Consorts Own, imwe pfuti regiment, mu61st Lorried Infantry Brigade, chikamu che6th Armoured Division. 