Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakanuia te Welsh Guards ki te toru nga puhipuhi i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I whawhai kaha te 1st Battalion i ngā pakanga katoa o te
Te Whare Tapere o te Raki-Whiringa-a-Ipurangi. Ko te 2nd Battalion, he waahanga o te 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards), i whawhai poto ki Boulogne, France, i te mutunga o Mei 1940, i te wa i whawhai te 1st i nga pakanga o Belgium me France hei waahanga o te British Expeditionary Force (BEF) GHQ Troops. I te marama o Mei 1940 i te Pakanga o Arras, i riro i nga Kaitiaki o Wales ta raatau Whawhai Wikitoria tuarua na Lieutenant Christopher Furness, i mate i muri mai i te mahi. I muri mai ko te 1st Battalion tetahi waahanga o te reti ki Dunkirk, i uru ai ratou ki te rerenga rongonui o Dunkirk i kite tata ki te 340,000 nga hoia Allied e hoki ana ki te United Kingdom, ahakoa nga mea katoa.