Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 13 ga Yuni, 1944, mafi yawan rukunin na 49, bayan sama da shekaru biyu na horo, sun sauka a Normandy a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Overlord. Rukunin ya zo da wuri don shiga cikin yakin Villers-Bocage, inda tsohon soja na 7th Armored Division ya sha wahala sosai, amma ya shiga cikin yunkurin da yawa don
kama birnin Caen. Rukunin, bayan saukowa, ya shiga cikin ƙananan rikice-rikice, musamman a ranar 16 ga Yuni a kusa da Tilly-sur-Seulles, inda Battalion na 6, Duke na Wellington's Regiment, na Brigade na 147, ya sha wahala kusan 230 - 30% na ƙarfin yakin basasa - a cikin yaƙin kwana biyu yayin ƙoƙarin kama Le Parc de Boislonde. Daga bisani an dauki matsayi na 7th Battalion, Dukes, a karkashin Lieutenant Colonel John Wileey. Babban aikin farko na 49th a matsayin wani bangare ya zo ne a lokacin Operation Martlet, kashi na farko na Operation Epsom, yunƙurin Birtaniya na kama Caen. Ko da yake Lieutenant Janar Sir Richard O'Connor na VIII Corps ya yi babban ƙoƙari, XXX Corps, tare da Rukunin 49th a karkashin iko, shine kare sashin dama na VIII Corps ta hanyar kama Rauray ridge.