 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 8th Battalion yaivewo 1st Line Territorial battalion uye yakashanda pamwe chete ne2nd uye 17th battalions muFrance muna 1940. Pashure pokubviswa paDunkirk, panguva iyo yakaderedzwa kusvika kuvakuru vasere uye mamwe mauto zana nemakumi matatu nemana, batachoni rakapedza makore mazhinji richidzivirira imba ichitarisira kupinda kweGerman uye rakaramba riri muUnited Kingdom kwehondo yese. Muna 1944, battalion yacho yakava sangano rokudzidzisa uye boka rokutsvaka mauto akaendeswa kune dzimwe nyika. Muchiitiko ichi, yakashanda pakutanga ne80th Infantry Reserve Division uye gare gare 38th Infantry Reserve Division. 