Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Guutada 2aad waxay dagaalka ku bilaabeen Jamaica, iyadoo shirkad loo diray Bermuda Garrison. Guutada ayaa ugu dambeyntii ku biireysa Guutada 185aad ee Ciidamada, oo ay ku jiraan Guutada 2aad, Royal Warwickshire Regiment iyo Guutada 1aad, Royal Norfolk Regiment. Guutada waxaa markii hore loo qoondeeyay qeybta 79aad ee gaashaaman, laakiin waxaa loo wareejiyay qeybta 3aad ee ciidamada Ingiriiska bishii Abriil 1943, markii qeybta ay isku diyaarineysay inay
waxay qabsadeen Sicily, ilaa ay ka badaleen qeybta 1aad ee ciidamada lugta ee Canada. Guutada waxay ka qeyb qaadatay ka soo degista D-Day ee Howlgalka Overlord, halkaas oo ay ku guuldareysteen inay qabsadaan ujeedada D-Day ee Caen sababtuna tahay joogitaanka Qaybta 21aad ee Panzer. Guutada 2aad waxay ku dagaalameen Ololaha Normandy, Howlgalka Market Garden iyo inta kale ee Ololaha Waqooyi Galbeed Yurub oo ay la socdaan Ciidanka Labaad ee Ingiriiska. Bishii Maarso 1945, Sargaal James Stokes, oo reer Scotland ah, oo ka tirsan Guutada 2aad ayaa si posthumous ah loogu guddoonsiiyay Victoria Cross.