Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers yakanga ichishumira muEdinburgh pakatanga hondo pasi peScottish Command, yaitungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel Walter Clutterbuck. Mukutanga kwaGumiguru 1939 battalion yakabatanidzwa ne2nd Seaforth Highlanders uye 2nd Northants kugadzira 17th Infantry Brigade, iyo yakapiwa ku5th Infantry Division. Vakatumirwa seboka rakazvimiririra rebhirigadi kuFrance mukupera kwa1939 kuti vabatane nevamwe vese veBritish Expeditionary Force (BEF) uye vakabatanidzwa muHondo yeDunkirk uye vaifanira kubuda kuEngland. Mushure memakore maviri akapedzerwa pakudzivirira musha muUnited Kingdom, battalion uye brigade yakaparadzaniswa kubva ku5th Division, uye se1st Battalion, vakarwa muMadagascar. Bhatani rinotevera rakaona basa
vachirwisana muSicily. Muna 1944 boka racho rakarwa muHondo yeAnzio mune imwe yehondo dzakasimba dzeItaly Campaign kusvika zvino. Kurwiswa kweAnzio kwaiva kuedza kupfuudza mutsara weGustav weGermany, mumwe wemitsetse yakawanda yekudzivirira iyo vaGermany vakanga vagadzira muItaly yose. Pashure pokurwisana kunotyisa ikoko, 2nd RSF nedzimwe nhengo dze5th Division dzakabviswa, muna July 1944, kuPalestine kuzorora nokugadziridza. Vakadzokera kuItaly kwenguva pfupi mukuvamba kwa1945 asi vakaendeswa, pamwe chete neI Canadian Corps kubva kuBritish Eighth Army, kuBelgium kuti vabatane ne21st Army Group mukupinda kweAllied kweGermany.