Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kafa 8th Battalion, Royal Scots a ranar 2 ga Agusta 1939 a matsayin duplicate na 2 na 7th/9th Battalion. Sun kasance a cikin United Kingdom a matsayin wani ɓangare na 44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade, tare da 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers da 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers. Rundunar ta kasance wani ɓangare na 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, wanda zai sami kyakkyawan suna a cikin yaƙin, kuma shi kansa an kafa shi ne na biyu na Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin Layin A watan Yunin 1944, sun sauka a Normandy a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Overlord kuma sun yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Caen a Operation Epsom kuma daga baya a Yaƙin Na Biyu na Odon da Operation Bluecoat. Daga nan sai suka yi yaƙi a Yankin Arewa maso Yammacin Turai, daga Paris zuwa Rhine
, har zuwa karshen yakin; ya shiga Belgium a watan Satumba, ya haye Rhine a watan Maris na 1945 kuma ya ci gaba zuwa Hamburg a ƙarshen yakin.