Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 1/8th Battalion ya fara yaƙi a Brigade na 125 tare da 1/5th da 1/6th Battalions, amma yayin da yake a Faransa tare da British Expeditionary Force (BEF) ya yi musayar tare da 1st Battalion, Border Regiment a cikin 4th Infantry Brigade wani ɓangare na 2nd Infantry Division, a matsayin wani ɓangare na manufofin BEF na yau da kullun don haɗuwa da Sojoji na yau da kullun da na yanki. A lokacin yakin Faransa, 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers, tare da 1st Battalion, Royal Scots da 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment, an mamaye su a ranar 26 zuwa 27 ga Mayu 1940 a kusa da ƙauyen Locon, kilomita 2 a arewacin Bethune, ta hanyar sojojin Jamus. An yi kisan kiyashi da yawa na fursunonin Allied ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, kamar kisan Le Paradis, galibi ta sashin SS Totenkopf na Jamus. Daga baya, bataliya ta yi yaƙi a yakin Burma kuma ta shiga cikin shahararrun yaƙe-yaƙe, kamar
Yaƙin Kohima, yana aiki a rundunar sojojin Burtaniya ta goma sha huɗu a ƙarƙashin Bill Slim.