 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna September 1938 2nd Battalion yakatamiswa kubva kuColchester kuenda kuBritish Concession yeInternational Settlement muShanghai. Muna August 1940 battalion yakatumirwa kubva kuChina kuenda kuMalaya uko yakasungirirwa ku11th Indian Infantry Division yakavakirwa kuNorth West Malaya. Muna December 1941 Mauto eJapan akapinda muMalayapashure pokumhara muSouthern Thailand. 2nd East Surreys vakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru panguva yekudzivirira uye kudzoka kubva muchikamu ichi cheMalaya. Bhatani iri rakabatanidzwa ne1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment muna 1946 yakatumidzwa zita reRoyal Leicestershire Regiment kuumba British Battalion Malaya 1941 musi wa19 Zvita 1941. Iri boka rakarwa noushingi munguva yose yekurwisa kwenguva pfupi kusvika pakunzwa kweBoka reBritain kuSingapore muna February 1942. 