 Complete the following phrase:  The 2nd Battalion returned to the United Kingdom and, on 7 December 1941 the day the United States entered the war, transferred to the 37th Independent Infantry Brigade redesignated 7th Infantry Brigade the day after. On 1 March 1944 the battalion was transferred to the newly created 56th Independent Infantry Brigade, alongside which were the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment and 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and trained for the invasion of Normandy. The battalion had the distinction of being the only Welsh battalion to take part in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, landing at Gold Beach under command of 50th Northumbrian Infantry Division and fought in the Battle of Normandy, under command of 7th Armoured Division for a few days in June 1944, before reverting to the 50th Division. In August 1944 it was briefly under command of the 59th Staffordshire Infantry Division and fought in the 