Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 1/6th uye 1/7th battalions of the regiment vose vakagoverwa ku147th Infantry Brigade, pamwe chete ne1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment, iyo pachayo yaiva chikamu che49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. The chikwata haana kuona basa pamwe navamwe weboka iri Norwegian Campaign, asi vakanga pachinzvimbo akatumwa kuIceland pashure akanga nechisimba muna 1940, uye akaramba aripo kusvikira May 1942 apo rakanga kuendeswa kudzokera kuUnited Kingdom. Musi wa 28 February 1943, mabhatani ose akarasikirwa ne'1/' chivakamberi, achiva, kungoti, mabhatani e6 ne7, zvichiteerana. Ose ari maviri akaburuka muNormandy musi wa12 Chikumi 1944 nguva pfupi mushure mekumhara kweD-Day musi wa6 Chikumi. Vakarwa muHondo yeNormandy sechikamu cheBritish Second Army mukuedza kwayo
kutora guta reCaen. Kunyanya, 6th Battalion yakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya panguva yeOperation Martlet uye, nekuda kwekurasikirwa kwakanyanya, yakadzoserwa kuUnited Kingdom ndokuparadzwa, vazhinji vevarume vayo vakatumirwa ku7th Battalion. Ivo vakatsiviwa muboka ne1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. 7th DWR yakaramba ichirwa muNormandy Campaign muhondo yechipiri yeOdon, uye kuchenesa Channel Ports muOperation Astonia.