Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1942, a gbanwere battalion nke iri na abụọ ka ọ bụrụ ihe agha dị ka ndị agha nke 161st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, mana ọ nọgidere na-enwe akara Green Howards ya na okpu ojii nke Royal Armoured Corps dị ka ndị ọzọ niile na-agbanwe agbanwe. N'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1943, a gbanwere ya ọzọ, oge a ka ọ rụọ ọrụ nchọpụta, dị ka 161st (Green Howards) Regiment na Reconnaissance Corps. Ọ dịghị mgbe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka ndị agha, ma nye ndị nnọchi nke 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment, bụ ndị tara ahụhụ nnukwu mfu mgbe ụgbọ njem ya dara n'ụzọ France ịlụ ọgụ na
Agha nke Normandy.