World War II. 1^st Battalion: Dunkirk, D-Day, France, Low Countries, Germany; 2^nd Battalion: Burma (1943 – 1945); 4^th and 5^th Battalions: 2^nd British Expeditionary Force (June 1940), landings on Walcheren Island, November 1944, Low Countries, Germany; 6^th Battalion: France, June 1944, Low Countries, Germany; 7^th Battalion: Arnhem (September 1944); Norway 1945.