Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaarahia te 8th Battalion, Royal Scots i te 2 o Akuhata 1939 hei 2nd Line duplicate o te 7th/9th Battalion. I noho tonu ratou ki te United Kingdom hei waahanga o te 44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade, i te taha o te 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers me te 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers. Ko te piritiata he waahanga no te 15th (Scottish) Division Infantry, ka whai ingoa pai i roto i te kaupapa, a ko ia ano he taarua o te Raina 2 o te Raina 1 52nd. I te Hune 1944, i tae atu ratou ki Normandy hei waahanga o te Operation Overlord ka whawhai ki te Pakanga mo Caen i te Operation Epsom, i muri mai i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Odon me te Operation Bluecoat. Kātahi ka whawhai rātau i te pakanga ki te Raki-uru o Ūropi, mai i Paris ki te Rhine
, tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga; i uru atu ia ki Belgium i te marama o Hepetema, ka whiti i te Rhine i te Poutu-te-rangi 1945 ka anga whakamua ki Hamburg i te mutunga o te pakanga.