Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na toe faatulaga le 5th Battalion i le 1939 o se kopi o le 2nd Line o le 4th Battalion ina ua faaluaina le tele o le Territorial Army. I le amataga, na tofia ai le 5th Buffs i le 37th Infantry Brigade, o se vaega o le 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division, o se 2nd Line duplicate o le 44th (Home Counties) Division. Peitaʻi, i le aso 26 Oketopa 1939, na siitia atu ai i le Vaega o le 36th Infantry Brigade i le fesuiaiga mo le 2/6th East Surreys. O le 5th Buffs, faatasi ai ma le 6th ma le 7th Royal West Kents, na tumau pea i le 36th Brigade mo le vaega o totoe o le taua. Pei o le 2nd ma le 4th Battalions, na tautua ma le BEF i Farani i le 1940 ma tau i le Taua o Farani ma na aveʻesea i Dunkirk. Na matuā toʻatele tagata na maliliu i le Vaega 12 ona o le toʻatele o le ʻautau e leʻi aʻoaʻoina lelei ma e leai foʻi ni vaega o le ʻaufana po o ni vaega lagolago. Ina ua toe foʻi i Egelani, na faataapeina le vaega ia Iulai 1940, ona o le tele o tagata na maliliu ai. I le 1942, na tofia ai le 36th Brigade i le fou 78th Division ma auai i le Operation Torch, o le Allied landings i North Africa, sosoo ai ma le tauvaga i Tunisia, lea na iloga ai le 78th Division, o se vaega o le British First Army, i le taimi o le taua taua o Longstop Hill. Ona tau lea o le vaega i le
Taua a Sicily, o se vaega o le vaegaʻau lona valu a Peretania. O le 5th Buffs ma le vaega o totoe o le 78th Division na auai i taua i Italia ma auauna ai iina seia oo i le 1945 Offensive.