I whakaarahia i te timatanga ko te 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, i hangaia hei 2nd Line Territorial Army duplicate unit o te 4th Battalion, i mua noa o te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao hei patapata motopaika ka mahi pera i te Pakanga o France i te Mei 1940. I hurihia hei wae mataaratanga i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1941 ka whawhai ki te raki-uru o Uropi
mai i Hune 1944 tae noa ki Mei 1945, i te mutunga o te pakanga i Uropi.