Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E kenyere battalion nke 1/6 na nke 1/7 nke ndị agha ahụ na 147th Infantry Brigade, n'akụkụ 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment, nke n'onwe ya bụ akụkụ nke 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. Brigade ahụ ahụghị ọrụ na ndị ọzọ nke nkewa na Norwegian Campaign, kama e zigara ha Iceland mgbe a wakporo ya na 1940, ma nọrọ ebe ahụ ruo Mee 1942 mgbe a kpọghachiri ya na United Kingdom. Na 28 Febụwarị 1943, battalion abụọ ahụ tụfuru '1/' prefix, na-aghọ, nanị, battalion nke 6 na nke 7, n'otu n'otu. Ha abụọ rutere na Normandy na 12 June 1944 obere oge mgbe ha rutere na D-Day nke 6 June. Ha lụrụ ọgụ n'agha Normandy dịka akụkụ nke ndị agha nke abụọ nke Britain n'ọgbalị ya iji merie ndị agha nke abụọ nke Britain.
weghara obodo Caen. Karịsịa, ndị 6th Battalion merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu n'oge Operation Martlet na, n'ihi nnukwu ọnwụ ọ tara, laghachiri na United Kingdom ma gbasaa, a na-eziga ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ikom ya na 7th Battalion. E ji 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment dochie ha na brigade. 7th DWR gara n'ihu na-alụ ọgụ na Mgbasa Ozi Normandy na Agha nke Abụọ nke Odon, na ikpochapụ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Channel na Ọrụ Astonia.