Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri yakaziviswa musi weSvondo, 3 September 1939 uye mabhatani maviri eTerritorial Army, yechina neyechitanhatu (yakapetwa yechina), akashevedzwa pakarepo. Bhatani rechipiri rakatanga kuenda kuFrance ne9th Infantry Brigade yakabatanidzwa ne3rd Infantry Division yakatungamirirwa naMajor-General Bernard Montgomery muna Gumiguru 1939. Vakateverwa ne6th Battalion, chikamu che138th Brigade ne46th Infantry Division, muna Kubvumbi 1940; vese vakashanda neBritish Expeditionary Force (BEF) uye vakakwanisa kudzoka kubva kuDunkirk mushure mehondo dzeFrance neBelgium. Pashure pokudzokera kuEngland, mabhataironi ose akapedza makore muUnited Kingdom pakudzivirira musha vachitarisira kupindirwa kweGermany kweUnited Kingdom. 2nd Battalion, yakasara neboka rimwechete uye chikamu muhondo yose, yakabva yapedza makore mana anotevera kudzidzira munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzeUnited Kingdom vasati vatora chikamu muD-Day landings munaJune 1944. Bhatani racho, raitungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel Christopher Welby-Everard rakazoitwa muNormandy Campaign, kutora chikamu muOperation Charnwood, Operation Goodwood, uye mune imwe nzvimbo yeNorthwest Europe Campaign
kusvikira paZuva reKukunda muEurope muna May 1945.