Kamilisha sentensi ifuatayo: The 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment was initially serving in the 31st Independent Infantry Brigade until 1941 when it was converted to a Glider infantry role, serving as part of the 1st Airlanding Brigade in the 1st Airborne Division. Hivyo, walifika katika
Sicily mwaka 1943 ambapo wao, pamoja na wengine wa kikosi, ambayo ilikuwa kwa muda chini ya batalion mbili, walipata hasara kubwa wakati wa maafa ya operesheni Ladbroke. Kwa sababu ya hasara kubwa wakati wa Ladbroke, kikosi hicho hakikushiriki katika uvamizi wa Italia na kilirudishwa Uingereza kujiandaa kwa uvamizi wa Ufaransa. Walishiriki katika operesheni Market Garden, na alicheza sehemu kubwa katika vita ya Arnhem katika Septemba 1944.