Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - E ui lava na faia ia Novema 1940, e leʻi oʻo i le ogatotonu o le 1941, ina ua faʻavae le regiment i Otley, na maua ai e le 9th tane e faʻaaoga i lana matafaioi o se Heavy Tank Unit. O le 9th RTR o se tasi lea o vaega muamua na faaauupegaina i le Churchill. O nei taavale e toetoe lava a tutusa ma taavale na faaaogā e le Calgary Regiment o le ʻautau a Kanata i Dieppe
i le 1942.