Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E zigara ndị agha nke abụọ, n'okpuru iwu nke Lieutenant Colonel Donald Butterworth, na France n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị na Septemba 1939 dị ka akụkụ nke 2nd Infantry Brigade (n'akụkụ 1st Loyal Regiment na 1st Gordon Highlanders), 1st Infantry Division ma bụrụ akụkụ nke British Expeditionary Force (BEF), ma tinye aka na agha nke France na Belgium tupu emesịa wepụ ya na Dunkirk na 1 June 1940. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ndị 2nd Battalion nọrọ ọtụtụ afọ na nchekwa ụlọ na United Kingdom na-akwado maka mwakpo ndị Germany nwere ike ịwakpo England nke na-abịaghị. Ndị agha ahụ nọgidere na United Kingdom ruo 1943 mgbe, ka dị ka akụkụ nke 1st Infantry Division, ọ gara North Africa ma sonye na mkpọsa na Tunisia, British First Army. Ndị agha ahụ esonyeghị n'agha ahụ.
mbuso agha nke Sicily ma ọ bụ mbuso agha mbụ nke Italy mana ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị isi ndị agha na Anzio landings na Jenụwarị 1944, n'okpuru iwu nke US Fifth Army, ebe ha tara ahụhụ nke ukwuu. Na 7 Febụwarị battalion tara ahụhụ 323 ọnwụ na-anwa ijide Buonriposo Ridge nke ha jidere mana a manyere ha ịhapụ ugwu ahụ mgbe ha mefusịrị mgbọ ha. Ka ọ na-erule ọnwa Mee, na-esochi Operation Diadem, battalion ahụ amịkọrọla ndị nnọchi asatọ. Ugbu a na-alụ ọgụ dị ka akụkụ nke ndị agha Britain nke asatọ, ndị agha nke abụọ gara n'ihu na-eje ozi na Italy, na-alụ ọgụ gburugburu Gothic Line, ruo mgbe Jenụwarị 1945 mgbe e zigara ndị agha na ndị ọzọ nke 1st Infantry Division na Palestine.