Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 2nd Battalion yana aiki tare da Brigade na Gibraltar na 2 a matsayin wani ɓangare na garkuwar can, a lokacin barkewar yaƙi a 1939. A ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1943, an sake sanya brigade a matsayin Brigade na 28, wanda kuma ya haɗa da 2nd King's Regiment (Liverpool) da 1st Argyll da Sutherland Highlanders (daga baya 2/4th Royal Hampshire Regiment). A ranar 24 ga Disamba, an sanya brigade a cikin rukunin soji na 4 na Burtaniya. Na biyu na Somersets, tare da sauran rukunin, sun isa Italiya a watan Maris na 1944 kuma sun yi aiki a cikin Kamfen na Italiya a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojoji ta 8 na Burtaniya a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa kamar na Monte Cassino, ɗayan munanan yaƙe-yaƙe na Kamfen na Italiya, a cikin 1944, inda suka taka muhimmiyar rawa tare da na 2 na Sarki kuma suka yi yaƙi a cikin Operation Diadem
kuma a kan Gothic Line daga Agusta zuwa Satumba 1944. A watan Nuwamba, an tura Sashen na 4, tare da sauran III Corps, zuwa Girka don taimakawa wajen kwantar da yakin basasar Girka, wanda aka haifar bayan sojojin Jamus sun janye daga kasar.