Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te mutunga o te tau 1941, e toru nga ope taua (1st, 2nd, me te 13th) i tohaina ki tawahi me te toenga e rite ana ki te tiaki i te United Kingdom ki te whakaekenga a Tiamana. Ko te 1st me te 13th battalions e mahi ana i Burma hei Chindits, ko te 2nd i Itari me Kariki i te Pakanga Taiao Kariki, me te 5th me te 8th i
Te Rā o te Uru o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. Ko te 9th Battalion, i hangaia hei taarua o te 5th i te 1939, i mahi tahi me te 164th Brigade, 55th Division, i whakawhiti ki te 165th Brigade i te Paenga-whawha 1943. I roto i nga roopu i huri ki etahi atu mahi, ko te 40th RTR (7th King's) anake i wheako i te mahi kaha. I te 23rd Armoured Brigade, i whawhai te 40th RTR i te Campaign o Awherika ki te Raki, i reira i whiwhi ai ratou i te ingoa ingoa "Monty's Foxhounds", Itari, me Kariki.