Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te 1st Battalion, he waeine o te ope taua, i mahi ki te 15th Infantry Brigade, i te taha o te 1st Battalion, Green Howards me te 1st Battalion, York me Lancaster Regiment, a i tukuna ki Parani i te 1939, hei wāhanga o te 5th Infantry Division. I te Paenga-whāwhā 1940, me te brigade, i tukuna te puranga ki Aandelsnes, Norway i reira i kite ai ratou i te ratonga hei waahanga o "Sickleforce" i te Whakatairanga o Norway ka whiwhi i tana honore whawhai tuatahi "Kvam" i mua i tana wehenga i te 1 o Mei / 2 o Mei. I whai ake i te wa whakangungu, me te whakapau o te roopu i te wa i Scotland, Lancashire me Northern Ireland. I te marama o Hanuere 1942, ka tiimata te whakangungu mo te ratonga o te whenua, ka neke ki Poona, India. Na ka whakatauhia kia whakangungu mo te pakanga koraha, no reira ka nekehia te peihana ki Iran ka neke ki te Rohe Canal mo te whakangungu atu. I whai ake ka kite te roopu i te mahi i te Hurae 1943 i te whakaekenga a Allied o Sicily, ana i muri mai ko te whakaekenga a Allied o Itari, i mua i te whawhai i roto i te Whakatairanga Itari, i te Pakanga o Anzio me te Operation Diadem i mua, i te Hurae 1944, i tukuna ki Palestine kia okioki me te whakahou. I noho tonu te ope taua ki reira tae noa ki te timatanga o te tau 1945, ka tukuna ano ki Itari, ka tukuna ki Marseilles i te Maehe 1945 mo te mahi i te raki-hauauru o Uropi
mō te whakaekenga o Tiamana. I reira, ka mutu te pakanga o te roopu, ka whawhai i tana mahi whakamutunga i Potrau i te 1 o Mei 1945, e rima tau i muri i tana wehenga mai i Norway.