Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te 2nd Battalion he wāhanga o te 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division e mahi ana ki te British Expeditionary Force (BEF) i Wīwī mai i te 1939-1940. I whakahaua te wehenga e te Tumuaki Bernard Montgomery i taua wa ka arahi i nga ope Anglo-Canadian hei rangatira mo te 21 Army Group i te North West Europe Campaign. I uru te 3rd Infantry Division ki te Pakanga o Dunkirk, i reira i whai ingoa pai ai, i whiwhi i te ingoa ingoa o "Monty's Ironsides", a, me wehe atu i Dunkirk me te toenga o te BEF. I hoki mai te roopu ki Uropi mo nga taunga o te Ra D i te Hune 1944 ka whawhai i te Pakanga o Normandy, ina koa i te Mahinga Charnwood i reira ko ratou nga hoia Ingarihi tuatahi ki te uru ki te taone nui o Caen, i kite i nga pakanga kino i mua.
i roto i te whakamātau o Ingarangi ki te hopu i a ia.