Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri hurumende yakashandura basa rayo kubva kune vanofamba kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo yakasimba yekudzivirira moto yakashongedzerwa nemapurisa, midziyo yemapurisa uye Oerlikon anti-aircraft pfuti. 1st Kensingtons yakashanda neBritish Expeditionary Force muFrance, uye yakazotumirwa kuNorth Africa kuti ive chikamu cheBritish First Army kugadzirira Hondo yeNyika yechipiri.
Hondo yeSicilian, uye gare gare rutivi rweItaly, ne78th "Battleaxe" Infantry Division. 2nd Kensingtons yakatanga kushanda muIceland uye yaifanira kuona chiito kubva kuNormandy kuenda kuArnhem, ne49th (West Riding) Infantry Division.