Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, rundunar ta canza matsayinta daga bindigogi zuwa rukunin tallafi mai nauyi da ke dauke da makamai masu linzami, matsakaitan bindigogi da bindigogin Oerlikon. 1st Kensingtons ya yi aiki tare da Rundunar Sojan Birtaniya a Faransa, kuma daga bisani aka tura shi zuwa Arewacin Afirka don zama wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojan Birtaniya na farko don shirya yakin basasa na Sicily
, kuma daga baya gaban Italiyanci, tare da Rukunin Sojoji na "Battleaxe" na 78. Na biyu Kensingtons ya fara aiki a Iceland kuma ya ga aikin daga Normandy zuwa Arnhem, tare da 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division.