Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1942, an canza Bataliya ta 12 zuwa makamai a matsayin 161st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, amma ya riƙe tambarin Green Howards a kan baƙar fata na Royal Armoured Corps kamar yadda duk sauran rukunin sojoji suka canza ta wannan hanyar. A watan Oktoba na 1943 an sake canza shi, wannan lokacin zuwa rawar da aka yi, a matsayin 161st (Green Howards) Regiment a cikin Reconnaissance Corps. Ba a taba shiga cikin aikin ba a matsayin wani rukuni, amma ya ba da wani rukuni na maye gurbin 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment, wanda ya sha wahala sosai lokacin da aka kai shi a kan hanyar zuwa Faransa don yin yaki a cikin
Yaƙin Normandy.