Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 4th Battalion ya kasance a Arewacin Ireland a cikin Brigade na 160 na Infantry da aka haɗa da 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division. A watan Yunin 1944 an umurci bataliya, a karkashin Laftanar Kanar Charles Coleman, bayan shekaru da yawa na horo, zuwa Faransa don shiga rundunar sojojin Burtaniya ta biyu a yakin Normandy. Tun daga farkon yakin, 4th Battalion ya shiga cikin mummunar fada a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin Caen, da kewayen Aljihun Falaise, Yaƙin Bulge da Yaƙin Reichwald inda ya sha wahala sosai kuma ya haɗa da wasu daga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe mafi zafi a Yakin Arewa maso Yammacin Turai don sojojin Burtaniya yayin da suke adawa da ƙwararrun sojojin Jamus.