 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - 4th5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment yaiva chikwata cheT Territorial Army uye yakakamurwa kuti ibatsire kusikazve 5th Battalion, iyo yakanga yaparara muma1920, muna 1939 nekuda kweT Territorial Army yakapetwa kaviri sezvo imwe kurwisana yakanga, panguva ino, yaitaridzika isingadzivisiki. Mabhatani ose ari maviri akapiwa 54th Infantry Brigade, iyo yaisanganisira 4th Royal Norfolk Regiment, yakapiwa 18th Infantry Division, 2nd Line duplicate ye 54th East Anglian Infantry Division. Pasinei nokuva 2nd Line formation, 18th Division yaiva nezvikamu zvakawanda zve1st Line. Chikamu chakapedza makore okutanga ehondo mukudzivirira kweEngland nokudzivirira kupindirwa kweGermany kunobvira pashure pokunge chikamu chikuru cheuto reBritain chabviswa paDunkirk. Mukupera kwa1941 Chikamu chechi18, chechina nechishanu cheSuffolks chakabatanidzwa, chaizotumirwa kuEgypt asi panzvimbo pacho chakatumirwa kuSingapore kunobatsira kusimbisa varwi ikoko mushure mekunge Japan yapinda muhondo muna Zvita 1941. Mukutanga kwa1942, mauto e4 ne5 akarwa kwenguva pfupi mukudzivirira kweSingapore kurwisa maJapan, ne18th Division, mauto eBritish Commonwealth pachitsuwa ichi asati azvipira musi wa15 Kukadzi 1942 pasi pemirairo yaLieutenant-General Arthur Percival. Varume vomumabatairiyoni maviri aya vakatambura zvikuru sevasungwa vehondo uye vakamanikidzwa kubatanidzwa mukuvakwa kweBurma Railway. 