 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzidziswa pa 18-pounders uye 4.5 howitzers, iyo regiment yakashongedzerwa ne25-pound pfuti pfuti mukutanga kwa1941. Munguva yekutanga kwe9th Division mukurwa muNorth Africa, 28th yakashandiswa kudzivirira Mersa Matruh njanji yakakosha pamhenderekedzo yeEjipitori, iri pakati pezvikepe zveTobruk neAlexandria pakati paMay naSeptember 1941, vasati vaenda kuSidi Barrani. Muna Gumiguru 1941, vakaendeswa kuPalestine, vasati vatumirwa kuSyria muna Ndira 1942 kuti vanobatana neAllied garrison iyo yakanga yavakwa mushure mekukundwa kwemauto eVichy French ikoko panguva yeSyria-Lebanon Campaign. Vakaramba varipo, vachigadzira nzvimbo yakapoteredza Jdaidet pamuganhu weSyria neLebanon kuti vadzivirire pakurwiswa kweGerman, kusvika muna Chikunguru 1942 apo 9th Division yakakurumidza kuendeswa kuEl Alamein, mushure mekudonha kweTobruk.. Panguva ino chikwata chacho chakanga chichitungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel Walter Tinsley. The regiment gare gare vakatora chikamu zvose First uye Second Hondo El Alamein pakati July uye November, kupfura pamusoro 163,000 magirazi, kunyanya kutsigira rechi26 Brigade. 