Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hōngongoi 1942 264 (S) A Fd Co i uru ki te 2nd General Headquarters Troops RE (2nd GHQTRE) i hangaia hou. Ko te toenga o te waeine i hangaia e nga kamupene o Yorkshire i mua i te waahanga o te 49th (West Riding) Division. I whakawhiwhia te 2nd GHQTRE ki te ope tuatahi mo nga whakaekenga a Allied i Awherika ki te Raki (
Operation Torch). (Tuhinga o mua) I te 5 Whiringa-a-rangi 1942 i noho te kamupene ki Tiverton, Devon, i te taenga mai o nga ota whakauru. I neke atu ki Newport, Wales, i te 9 o Noema i eke ki runga i te SS "Orontes", i rere i te 14 o Noema ma nga wai o Scotland mo Awherika ki te Raki.