<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Lapho kugqashuka impi ngo-September 1939, leli butho laqoqwa futhi labelwa ukuvikela izindawo ezibalulekile ezizungeze idolobha. Ngo-1940 ibutho lokuqala le-regiment lakhethwa ukuba liye phesheya kwezilwandle. URockingham wayesanda kwenziwa uKaputeni, kodwa watshelwa ukuthi uma efuna ukuhamba nebutho kuzodingeka abuyele esigabeni sakhe sangaphambilini sokuba uLieutenant, akhetha ukukwenza. Ibutho lalibangise eHalifax lisuka lapho lalibangise eGlasgow, futhi ngokushesha ngemva kokufika ladluliselwa e-Aldershot. Lapho, uRockingham wamiswa njengomkhuzi wamaphoyisa ahloniphekile eNkosi uGeorge VI kanye neNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth, ababevakashele ngoDisemba. Kamuva wathunyelwa esikoleni sokulawula izinkampani saseCanada. URockingham wayesesikoleni lapho iCanada yenza  <response>: Ukuhlaselwa kweDieppe ngo-19 August 1942. Ingxenye enkulu yeRoyal Hamilton Light Infantry yabulawa ngesikhathi kuhlasela, futhi uRockingham kamuva wadluliselwa eqenjini elincishisiwe njengoMajor. Ebekwe ogwini oluseningizimu yeNgilandi njengengxenye yebutho eliphikisana nokuhlasela, ngo-Ephreli 14, 1943 uRockingham wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yiLt. Colonel futhi waba yi-Commanding Officer ye-regiment. Ngo-19 February 1944, uRockingham wasuswa esikhundleni sakhe futhi wathunyelwa e-Staff College, eCamberley ukuze aqhubeke nokuqeqeshwa. Ngemuva kokuhlasela kweNormandy ngoJuni 6, 1944, i-RHLI yaya eFrance ngaphandle kukaRockingham. Nokho, ngokushesha umphathi wabo walimala. URockingham wasuswa e-Staff College, kwathi ngoJulayi 18 wanikezwa igunya leRegiment futhi wathunyelwa eFrance. 