Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi te 2nd Battalion ki te 2nd Gibraltar Brigade hei wāhanga o te hoia i reira, i te pakarutanga o te pakanga i te tau 1939. I te 1 o Tihema 1943, i whakaingoatia te piritiata ki te 28th Infantry Brigade, i uru hoki ki te 2nd King's Regiment (Liverpool) me te 1st Argyll me Sutherland Highlanders (i muri mai ko te 2/4th Royal Hampshire Regiment). I te 24 o Tihema, i whakauruhia te piriti ki te 4th Infantry Division o Ingarangi. I tae mai te 2nd Somersets, me te toenga o te wehenga, ki Itari i te Poutu-te-rangi 1944 ka mahi i te Whakatairanga Itari hei waahanga o te Ope-a-Motu o Ingarangi i roto i nga pakanga maha penei i tera o Monte Cassino, tetahi o nga pakanga kino rawa o te Whakatairanga Itari, i te tau 1944, i uru ai ratou ki tetahi mahi nui i te taha o te 2nd King's me te whawhai i te Operation Diadem
me te Raina Gothic mai i Akuhata ki Hepetema 1944. I te marama o Noema, i tukuna te 4th Division, me te toenga o te III Corps, ki Kariki ki te awhina ki te whakaiti i te Pakanga Taketake o Kariki, i puta i muri i te wehenga o te ope Tiamana mai i te whenua.