Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division yaive chikamu chevarwi veBritish Army chakaona basa rakatanhamara muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri. Hondo isati yatanga, divi raive chikamu cheTerritorial Army (TA) uye ma "T" maviri ari muchiratidzo chechikamu anomiririra nzizi nhatu huru dzenzvimbo yayo yekunyoresa, dzinoti nzizi Tyne, uye Tees. Chikamu chacho chakashanda munenge mukurwisana kwose kukuru kweHondo yeEurope
kubva muna 1940 kusvika pakupera kwa1944 uye akashandawo achibudirira muNorth Africa, Mediterranean neMiddle East kubva pakati pa1941 kusvika muna 1943. Chikamu che50 chaive chimwe chezvikamu zviviri zveBritish (imwe yacho yaive yechitatu Infantry) yekumhara muNormandy paD-Day, 6 Chikumi 1944, kwayakaburuka paGold Beach. Varume vana vechikamu vakapiwa Victoria Cross munguva yehondo, kupfuura mamwe mapoka ose eBritish Army munguva yeHondo Yenyika II.