<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I- 2nd Battalion, ngaphansi komyalo kaLieutenant Colonel Donald Butterworth, yathunyelwa eFrance ngemuva nje kokuqala kwempi ngoSepthemba 1939 njengengxenye ye-2nd Infantry Brigade kanye ne-1st Loyal Regiment kanye ne-1st Gordon Highlanders, i-1st Infantry Division futhi yayiyingxenye yeBritish Expeditionary Force BEF, futhi yabandakanyeka ezimpini zaseFrance naseBelgium ngaphambi kokuthi ekugcineni ikhishwe eDunkirk ngo-1 Juni 1940. Ngemva kwalokho, iButho lesi-2 lachitha iminyaka eminingi livikela izwe e-United Kingdom lilungiselela ukuhlasela okungenzeka kweJalimane eNgilandi okungazange kufike. Ibutho lahlala e-United Kingdom kwaze kwaba ngo-1943 lapho, njengengxenye ye-1st Infantry Division, yahamba ngomkhumbi eya eNyakatho Afrika futhi yathatha ingxenye emkhankasweni waseTunisia, iBritish First Army. Leli butholikhali alizange lihlanganyele ekuhlaselweni kweSicily noma ekuhlaselweni kokuqala kwe-Italy kodwa lalingelinye lamayunithi ahamba phambili ekufikeni kwe-Anzio ngoJanuwari 1944, ngaphansi komyalo we-US Fifth Army, lapho balahlekelwa khona kakhulu. NgoFebhuwari 7 ibutho lalahlekelwa abantu abangu-323 ngesikhathi lizama ukuthatha iBuonriposo Ridge, kodwa baphoqeleka ukuba bayinikele ngemuva kokusebenzisa izinhlamvu zabo. NgoMeyi, kulandela  <response>: E-Operation Diadem, ibutho lase lithathe amasosha ayisishiyagalombili. Manje njengoba belwa njengengxenye yeButho Lesishiyagalombili laseBrithani, iButho lesi-2 laqhubeka nokusebenza e-Italy, lilwa eduze kweGothic Line, kwaze kwaba ngoJanuwari 1945 lapho ibutho kanye nalo lonke i-1st Infantry Division lidluliselwa ePalestine. 