Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment i te tīmatanga i mahi i roto i te 31st Independent Infantry Brigade tae noa ki te tau 1941 i te wā i hurihia ai ki te tūranga o nga kaieke rererangi, e mahi ana hei wāhanga o te 1st Airlanding Brigade i te 1st Airborne Division. Koia hoki ratou i tae atu ai ki Hiti
i te tau 1943, i reira, me te toenga o te piritiata, i heke iho ki te rua o nga poari mo te wa poto, i mate nui i te wa o te Operation Ladbroke. Na te nui o nga mate i te pakanga o Ladbroke, kaore te piriti i uru ki te whakaekenga o Itari, a, i whakahokia ki Ingarangi ki te whakarite mo te whakaekenga o France. I uru ratou ki te Operation Market Garden, a he waahanga nui i te Pakanga o Arnhem i te marama o Hepetema 1944.