Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: The 1st Battalion, a Regular Army unit, na-eje ozi na 15th Infantry Brigade, n'akụkụ 1st Battalion, Green Howards na 1st Battalion, York na Lancaster Regiment, ma zigara France na 1939, dị ka akụkụ nke 5th Infantry Division. N'ọnwa Eprel 1940, e zigara ndị agha ahụ na Aandelsnes, Norway ebe ha hụrụ ọrụ dị ka akụkụ nke "Sickleforce" na Mgbasa Ozi Norway wee nweta nsọpụrụ agha mbụ ya "Kvam" tupu a chụpụ ya na 1 Mee / 2 Mee. Oge ọzụzụ sochiri, ebe battalion na-etinye oge na Scotland, Lancashire na Northern Ireland. Na Jenụwarị 1942, ndị battalion malitere ọzụzụ maka ọrụ okpomọkụ ma kwaga Poona, India. Mgbe ahụ, e kpebiri ka a zụọ ya maka agha ọzara, ya mere, a kpọgara battalion ahụ na Iran na mgbe ahụ na Canal Zone maka ọzụzụ ọzọ. Agba ndị agha ahụ mechara rụọ ọrụ na July 1943 n'oge mwakpo Allied nke Sicily, na mgbe e mesịrị mwakpo Allied nke Italy, tupu ịlụ ọgụ site na Mgbasa Ozi Italy, na Agha nke Anzio na Ọrụ Diadem tupu, na July 1944, ezigara Palestine iji zuru ike ma rụkwaa. Ogige ndị agha ahụ nọgidere ebe ahụ ruo mmalite afọ 1945, mgbe a kpọghachiri ya Ịtali ọzọ, naanị ka a kpọga ya Marseilles na Machị 1945 maka ọrụ na
Ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ Europe maka mwakpo nke Germany. N'ebe ahụ, ndị agha ahụ kwụsịrị agha ya, na-alụ ọgụ ikpeazụ ya na Potrau na 1 Mee 1945, ihe dị ka afọ ise ka a chụpụrụ ya na Norway.