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 Rundunar Sojoji ta 79, amma an tura shi zuwa Rundunar Sojoji ta 3 ta Birtaniya a watan Afrilun 1943, lokacin da rundunar ke shirin mamaye Sicily, har sai an maye gurbinsa da Rundunar Sojoji ta 1 ta Kanada. Bataliya ta shiga cikin saukowar ranar D-Day na Operation Overlord, inda suka kasa kama maƙasudin D-Day na
Caen saboda kasancewar 21st Panzer Division. 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.