Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Yuli na 1942 264 (S) A Fd Co ya shiga sabuwar rundunar Sojoji ta 2nd GHQTRE. Sauran naúrar ta ƙunshi kamfanonin Yorkshire da suka kasance wani ɓangare na 49th (West Riding) Division. An sanya 2nd GHQTRE zuwa Rundunar Soja ta farko don saukar da Allied a Arewacin Afirka (
Operation Torch). (Abin da ya faru) A ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, 1942, kamfanin ya kasance a cikin ɗakunan ajiya a Tiverton, Devon, lokacin da umarnin shiga ya isa. Ya koma Newport, Wales, inda a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba ya hau jirgin SS "Orontes", wanda ya tashi a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba ta hanyar ruwan Scotland zuwa Arewacin Afirka.