Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment pakutanga yakashanda mu31st Independent Infantry Brigade kusvika muna 1941 payakachinjwa kuita basa reGlider infantry, ichishanda sechikamu che1st Airlanding Brigade mu1st Airborne Division. Nokudaro, vakamhara mu
Sicily muna 1943 apo ivo, pamwe chete navamwe vose veboka, iro rakanga rakaderedzwa kwenguva pfupi kuva mabhatani maviri, vakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru munguva yeOperation Ladbroke ine njodzi. Nemhaka yokurasikirwa kukuru munguva yeLadbroke brigade haina kubatanidzwa mukupinda kweItaly uye yakadzoserwa kuEngland kugadzirira kupinda kweFrance. Vakatora rutivi muOperation Market Garden, uye vakaita basa rinokosha muHondo yeArnhem muna September 1944.