Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 69th Field Regiment, dị ka akụkụ nke 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, jere ozi na Iceland ruo afọ abụọ ma mesịa, mgbe ha laghachiri United Kingdom, sonyere na mwakpo nke Normandy na June 1944, n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ụbọchị D-ụbọchị nke 6 June. Ndị agha ahụ so na Ngalaba nke 49 n'agha Normandy n'oge agha ahụ.
Agha maka Caen, Operation Astonia, na-eme ka "The Island" dị na mgbe ọdịda nke Operation Market Garden, na ntọhapụ nke Arnhem na 1945.