Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kirkiro Bataliya ta 6 a ranar 31 ga Yuli 1939 a matsayin kwafin Bataliya ta 5, tana aiki ne a matsayin wani ɓangare na Brigade na 199 na Infantry, da farko wani ɓangare na Rukunin Infantry na 66, tare da 7th Manchesters da 2/8th Battalion na Lancashire Fusiliers. A ranar 23 ga Yuni, 1940, an rushe Rukunin na 66 kuma an tura Brigade na 199 zuwa Rukunin Sojoji na 55 (West Lancashire). A ranar 5 ga Mayu, 1942, an sake sanya sunan bataliya a matsayin Bataliya ta 1, don maye gurbin bataliya ta asali, wacce aka rasa a Singapore a watan Fabrairu. A watan Oktoba na shekarar 1943, an canja sabon Bataliya ta 1 zuwa Rukunin Sojoji na 53 (Welsh), inda zai kasance har zuwa karshen yakin. A ranar 27 ga Yuni, 1944, Bataliya ta 1, Manchester Regiment ta sauka a Faransa, kwanaki 21 bayan mamayewar farko da aka fara a ranar 6 ga Yuni, D-Day. Tare da sauran sashin na 53, rundunar ta ga mummunan fada a yakin Normandy kuma ta shiga cikin wasu alkawurra a yankin kusa da Caen, wurin da yawa daga cikin
Yaƙi mai zafi, wanda sojojin Burtaniya da na Kanada suka kama a ranar 9 ga Yuli, kuma daga baya ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Falaise. Rundunar ta ci gaba ta Arewacin Faransa, ta isa Antwerp a Belgium a farkon watan Satumba. Na farko Manchesters, tare da sauran 53rd (Welsh) Division, ya koma Turnhout, kafin ya ci gaba daga baya wannan watan a cikin Netherlands, inda 1st da 7th Manchesters suka ga aiki mai tsanani, tare da 7th, yanzu a matsayin wani ɓangare na 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division, suna fada a yakin Scheldt karkashin umurnin Sojojin Kanada na farko. Na farko na Manchester, bayan ya shiga yankin Jamus a gaban Wehrmacht, ya tsallake Rhine tare da 53rd Division a karshen Maris. 7th Manchesters tare da 52nd Division sun ga yakin karshe a Bremen, lokacin da aka kama wannan birni a ranar 26 ga Afrilu. 1st Battalion ya kawo karshen yakin a Hamburg lokacin da wannan birni ya mika wuya a ranar 3 ga Mayu.