Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MaWelsh Guards akawedzerwa kuva mapoka matatu mukati meHondo Yenyika II. 1st Battalion yakarwa noushingi mumishandirapamwe yose ye
North-West European Theatre. 2nd Battalion, chikamu che20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards), yakarwisana kwenguva pfupi muBoulogne, France, mukupera kwaMay 1940 apo 1st yakarwisana muhondo dzeBelgium neFrance sechikamu cheBritish Expeditionary Force (BEF) GHQ Mauto. Muna Chivabvu 1940 muhondo yeArras, maWelsh Guards akawana yavo yechipiri Victoria Cross naLieutenant Christopher Furness, uyo akazourayiwa muchiitiko. 1st Battalion yakabva yave chikamu chekudzokera kuDunkirk, uko kwavakanga vabatanidzwa mukufambiswa kweDunkirk kwakaona mauto eAllied anosvika mazana matatu nemakumi mana ezviuru achidzokera kuUnited Kingdom, zvichipesana nezvose.