 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kudzokera kuNorthern England pakati paJanuary 1942, boka racho rakabva nokukurumidza pashure pacho, mukupera kwaMarch, rakagadzirirwa kutumirwa kuIndia. Mamiriro ezvinhu ehondo akanga achinja panguva ino, neJapan ichipinda muhondo muna December 1941, iyo yakateverwa nokukurumidza pashure nenhevedzano yekukunda kweJapan, muMalaya neSingapore, uye maBritish nemaIndia nemamwe mauto eAllied pavakadzokera shure, zvichiita kuti India ityisidzirwe. Nokudaro, kusimbiswa kwakanga kuchidiwa zvikuru, 5th Division yaBerney-Ficklin iri pakati pavo. Chikamu ichi, chakambomira kwenguva pfupi muSouth Africa, ndokuzoyambuka Indian Ocean, uko kwakarasikirwa ne13th ne17th Brigades kuOperation Ironclad, kupindirwa kweMadagascar. Mamwe mapoka acho akasvika muBombay muna May, ndokuzoenda kuRanchi nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Zvisinei, mwaka wemvura, wakaunza mashandiro muBurma neIndia kusvika kumagumo uye chikamu, ikozvino chakagadziridzwa nemabrigade matatu ese, chakatumirwa kuPersia, mushure mekunge Berney-Ficklin aenda pachake kuna General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, India uye akakumbira kuti 5th Division itumirwe ikoko, panzvimbo pe2nd Division. Wavell akabvuma. Musi wa13 Chikumi 1942, pazuva rake rekuzvarwa makumi mashanu, Berney-Ficklin akaitwa Companion yeOrder yeBhati CB. 