Kammala wannan jumla: 2nd Battalion ya fara yakin a Jamaica, tare da wani kamfani da aka ware zuwa Garrison Bermuda. Daga baya bataliya za ta shiga Brigade na 185 na Infantry, wanda ya hada da Bataliya ta 2, Royal Warwickshire Regiment da Bataliya ta 1, Royal Norfolk Regiment. An sanya brigade a cikin rukunin 79th Armoured Division, amma an canza shi zuwa rukunin 3 na Birtaniya a watan Afrilu na 1943, lokacin da rukunin ke shirin shiga.
mamaye Sicily, har sai da aka maye gurbinsu da 1st Canadian Infantry Division. Bataliya ta shiga cikin saukowar D-Day na Operation Overlord, inda suka kasa kama maƙasudin D-Day na Caen saboda kasancewar Rukunin Panzer na 21. Rukunin na 2 ya yi yaƙi a cikin Kamfen na Normandy, Operation Market Garden da sauran Kamfen na Arewa maso Yammacin Turai tare da Sojoji na Biyu na Burtaniya. A watan Maris na shekarar 1945, an ba Sergeant James Stokes, ɗan Scotland, na Bataliya ta 2 lambar yabo ta Victoria Cross.