Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An sanya rundunar 1/6th da 1/7th na rundunar a cikin Brigade na 147th, tare da 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment, wanda shi kansa ya kasance wani ɓangare na 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. Brigade ba ta ga sabis tare da sauran rukunin a cikin Kamfen na Norway ba, amma a maimakon haka an tura su zuwa Iceland bayan an mamaye ta a 1940, kuma sun kasance a can har zuwa Mayu 1942 lokacin da aka mayar da ita zuwa Burtaniya. A ranar 28 ga Fabrairun 1943, duka batutuwa sun rasa prefix '1/', suna zama, kawai, na 6 da na 7, bi da bi. Dukansu sun sauka a Normandy a ranar 12 ga Yuni 1944 jim kaɗan bayan saukowar D-Day a ranar 6 ga Yuni. Sun yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Normandy a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojoji ta Biyu ta Biritaniya a ƙoƙarinsa na kama birnin Caen.
Ka yi haƙuri. Musamman, an yi wa Battalion na 6 mummunan rauni a lokacin Operation Martlet kuma, saboda yawan asarar da aka yi, an mayar da shi zuwa Burtaniya kuma an rushe shi, an tura yawancin mutanensa zuwa Battalion na 7. An maye gurbin su a cikin brigade ta 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. 7th DWR ya ci gaba da yin yaƙi a cikin Kamfen na Normandy a Yaƙin Odon na Biyu, da kuma share tashar jiragen ruwa na Channel a cikin Operation Astonia.