<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo payakatanga muna September 1939, boka racho rakatanga kushanda uye rakapiwa basa rokudzivirira nzvimbo dzinokosha dzakapoteredza guta racho. Muna 1940 1st Battalion yechikwata chakasarudzwa kuti chiende mhiri kwemakungwa. Rockingham akanga achangobva kuitwa Kaputeni, asi akaudzwa kuti kana aida kuenda nebato aizofanira kudzokera kuchinzvimbo chake chepamberi chaMutevedzeri, icho akasarudza kuita. Bhatani racho rakaenda kuHalifax uko rakabva raenda kuGlasgow, uye nokukurumidza pashure pokunge rasvika rakatamisirwa kuAldershot. Ikoko, Rockingham akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri wevarindi vekuremekedza Mambo George VI naMambokadzi Elizabeth, avo vakashanyira December iyeyo. Gare gare akatumirwa kuchikoro chokutungamirira cheCanada. Rockingham akanga ari pachikoro apo Canada yakaita Hondo yeDieppe  <response>: musi wa19 August 1942. Chikamu chakakosha cheRoyal Hamilton Light Infantry chakaurayiwa panguva yekurwisa uku, uye Rockingham akazoendeswa kune regiment yakaderedzwa saMajor. Yakagadzirirwa kumahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba kweEngland sechikamu chemasimba ekurwisa-kupinda munyika, musi wa14 Kubvumbi 1943 Rockingham akasimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant-Colonel uye akaita Commanding Officer we regiment. Musi wa 19 February 1944, Rockingham akabviswa pakuva mutungamiri wake uye akatumirwa ku Staff College, Camberley kuti awedzere kudzidziswa. Kutevera Kupinda kweNormandy musi wa6 Chikumi 1944, RHLI yakaenda kuFrance isina Rockingham. Zvisinei, mukuru wavo akakurumidza kukuvadzwa. Rockingham akabviswa muChikoro cheVashandi, uye musi wa 18 Chikunguru akapiwa simba reRegiyoni zvakare uye akatumirwa kuFrance. 