 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Naylor akayeuchidzwa kuuto rehondo nokukurumidza pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II ndokudzokera kubasa paPembroke pana 11 September 1939. Akagoverwa kuHMS Calliope, Royal Naval Reserve base paTyne, musi wa 27 November 1939. Akashanda ari mungarava yezvombo Star of India kwemazuva maviri kubva musi wa 8 Kubvumbi 1941. Naylor akarayira ngarava yekumhara Karanja kubva 6 Gunyana 1941 kusvika 17 Nyamavhuvhu 1942. Izvi zvaibatanidza 5 May landings pakutanga kweHondo yeMadagascar, iyo yaakataurwa nezvayo mumatare musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1942 yekushinga uye bhizinesi achishanda muH.M. Ngarava, Kutakura uye Royal Fleet Auxiliaries mumabasa akabudirira ayo akatungamira mukuzvipira kwenzvimbo yakakosha yeDiego Suarez. Pashure pacho Naylor akarayira HMS Salsette, Royal Navy yakabatanidza basa rekushanda paLake Khadakwasla muIndia, aine chinzvimbo che kaputeni. Akabata chinzvimbo ichi kusvikira aendeswa kutungamira kumhenderekedzo yegungwa HMS Braganza muna 1943. 