Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E guzobere Battalion nke isii na 31 Julaị 1939 dị ka oyiri nke Battalion nke ise, na-eje ozi dị ka akụkụ nke 199th Infantry Brigade, na mbụ akụkụ nke 66th Infantry Division, n'akụkụ 7th Manchesters na 2/8th Battalion nke Lancashire Fusiliers. N'ụbọchị 23 nke ọnwa Juun afọ 1940, a chụpụrụ ngalaba nke 66 ma bufee Brigade nke 199 na ngalaba ndị agha nke 55 (West Lancashire). N'ụbọchị ise nke ọnwa Mee n'afọ 1942, a kpọrọ battalion ahụ aha ọzọ dịka battalion nke mbụ, iji dochie battalion mbụ ahụ, nke furu efu na Singapore na February. N'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1943, e zigara battalion nke mbụ ọhụrụ ahụ na 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, ebe ọ ga-anọ ruo oge fọdụrụ n'agha ahụ. N'abalị iri abụọ na asaa n'ọnwa Juun n'afọ 1944, ndị otu battalion nke mbụ, Manchester Regiment rutere France, ụbọchị iri abụọ na otu ka mbuso agha nke mbụ bidoro n'ụbọchị isii nke ọnwa Juun, D-Day. Ya na ndị fọdụrụ na 53rd Division, ndị agha ahụ hụrụ ọgụ na-alụ ọgụ na agha nke Normandy ma sonye na ọtụtụ ọgụ na mpaghara dị gburugburu Caen, ebe ọtụtụ n'ime ndị agha ahụ nọ.
ọgụ kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ, nke ndị agha Britain na Canada weghaara na 9 Julaị, ma mesịa lụọ ọgụ na Falaise. Ndị agha ahụ gafere na Northern France, rute Antwerp na Belgium na mbido Septemba. 1st Manchesters, ya na ndị fọdụrụ na 53rd (Welsh) Division, kwagara Turnhout, tupu ha agaa n'ihu n'ọnwa ahụ na Netherlands, ebe 1st na 7th Manchesters hụrụ nnukwu ihe, na 7th, ugbu a dịka akụkụ nke 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division, na-alụ ọgụ na Agha nke Scheldt n'okpuru iwu nke Ndị Agha Ndị Agha Canada. Ndị Manchester nke mbụ, mgbe ha batara n'ókèala German n'ihu ndị Wehrmacht, gafere Rhine na Ngalaba nke 53 na ngwụcha ọnwa Machị. Ndị 7th Manchesters na 52nd Division hụrụ ọgụ ikpeazụ ya na Bremen, mgbe eweghara obodo ahụ na 26 Eprel. 1st Battalion kwụsịrị agha na Hamburg mgbe obodo ahụ nyefere onwe ya na 3 Mee.