Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaarahia i te timatanga ko te 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, i hangaia hei waahanga tuarua o te ope taua o te 4th Battalion, i mua noa o te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao hei roopu motopaika ka mahi pera i te Pakanga o France i te Mei 1940. I hurihia hei wae mataaratanga i te Paenga-whāwhā 1941 ka whawhai i
Te raki-uru o Uropi mai i Hune 1944 tae noa ki Mei 1945 i te mutunga o te pakanga i Uropi.