 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 4th Battalion yaive 1st Line Territorial Army unit, pakutanga yakapihwa ku126th Infantry Brigade, 42nd East Lancashire Infantry Division. Zvisinei, chikwata chakabva muboka iri muna Mbudzi 1939, uye chakapihwa 25th Infantry Brigade ichangobva kumutswa uye yakashanda kubva muna 1939 kusvika muna 1940 muFrance pamitsara yemabasa ekutaurirana isati yave chikamu cheyakaipa 2nd BEF iyo yakaedza kuchengetedza kuvapo muFrance mushure meDunkirk, pakupedzisira ichibva kuCherbourg peninsula. Pashure pokudzokera kuUnited Kingdom, yakapedza nguva iri muSouth Wales pamabasa okuchengetedza isati yaendeswa kuNorth Africa muna 1941. Bhatani racho rakagoverwa ku23rd Infantry Brigade, chikamu che70th Infantry Division. Ichiri muAfrica, yakapedza nguva ichirwisana neAfrica Korps, kusanganisira kutora chikamu mukununura Tobrukasati atumirwa kuBritain India muna 1942-1943. Muna 1944, divi rose rakaputswa kuti rive chikamu cheBrigadier Orde Wingates Special Force maChindit uye vakatora chikamu mu 2nd Chindit expedition muBurma, vasati vadzokera kuUnited Kingdom muna 1945. 