 Nguva pfupi hondo yatanga, Haddon, uyo musi wa3 Gunyana akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chekubata basa chemutungamiriri, akaendeswa ku1st Battalion, Border, ndokuzoshanda kuEngland sechikamu cheBrigadier Noel Irwins 6th Infantry Brigade, pachayo rimwe remabrigade matatu anoumba Major General Charles Loyds 2nd Infantry Division, uye akaitwa Officer Commanding OC B Company. Pamwe chete nedzimwe nhengo dzesangano, battalion yaHaddon yakatumirwa kuFrance mukupera kwaSeptember uko yakava chikamu cheBritish Expeditionary Force BEF. Chikamu chake chekaputeni chakaitwa chenguva pfupi musi wa 3 Zvita, muna Kukadzi 1940 akaitwa mubatsiri webato rake, iro muna Chivabvu rakaendeswa ku125th Brigade, chikamu che42nd East Lancashire Infantry Division, Territorial Army TA kuumbwa, iyo yakanga ichangosvika muFrance. Gare gare, apo Mauto eGermany akapinda muFrance mwedzi mitatu gare gare, Haddon akabatanidzwa muchiito chekumashure kuenda kuDunkirkmukupera kwaMay, uko bataiyoni, zvino yakanga yatambura kurasikirwa kukuru uye yakaderedzwa zvikuru muvarume nemidziyo, pakupedzisira yakabviswa kubva kuDunkirk kuenda kuEngland ona Dunkirk kubuda. 