Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 2nd Battalion, i raro i te whakahau a Lieutenant Colonel Donald Butterworth, i tukuna ki Parani i muri tata mai i te pakarutanga o te pakanga i te marama o Hepetema 1939 hei waahanga o te 2nd Infantry Brigade (i te taha o te 1st Loyal Regiment me te 1st Gordon Highlanders), 1st Infantry Division me te waahanga o te British Expeditionary Force (BEF), a i uru ki nga pakanga o France me Belgium i mua i te mutunga ka nekehia atu i Dunkirk i te 1 o Pipiri 1940. Whai muri i tera, i whakapau nga tau o te 2nd Battalion ki te tiaki kaainga i te United Kingdom e whakarite ana mo te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki Ingarangi kaore ano kia tae mai. I noho tonu te ope taua ki te United Kingdom tae noa ki te 1943, i te wa ano, hei waahanga o te 1st Infantry Division, ka rere ki Awherika ki te Raki ka uru ki te pakanga i Tunisia, British First Army. Kaore te roopu i uru ki te whakaekenga o Sicily, ki te whakaekenga tuatahi ranei o Itari, engari ko ia tetahi o nga waahanga rangatira i te taunga o Anzio i te Hanuere 1944, i raro i te whakahau a te US Fifth Army, i reira i tino mate ai ratou. I te 7 o Hui-tanguru i mate te roopu 323 i te ngana ki te hopu i te Buonriposo Ridge i hopukina e ratou engari i akina ki te tuku i te pukepuke i muri i te whakapau i a raatau patu. Hei te marama o Mei, whai muri i
Operation Diadem, e waru ngā rerenga whakakapi i riro i te ope taua. I te whawhai inaianei hei waahanga o te Ope Tuarua o Ingarangi, i haere tonu te 2 o nga Pirihimana ki te mahi i Itari, e whawhai ana i te Raina Gothic, tae noa ki te Hanuere 1945 i te wa i whakawhitihia ai te puranga me te toenga o te 1st Infantry Division ki Palestine.