Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An fara tashe shi a matsayin Battalion na 8, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, wanda aka kafa a matsayin rukunin Rundunar Sojoji na Layi na 2 na Battalion na 4, kafin barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu a matsayin rukunin babura kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin haka a Yaƙin Faransa a watan Mayu 1940. An canza shi zuwa rukunin bincike a watan Afrilun 1941 kuma ya yi yaƙi a Arewa maso Yammacin Turai
daga Yuni 1944 zuwa Mayu 1945 lokacin da yakin ya ƙare a Turai.