Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te brigade, i tohaina ki te 44th (Home Counties) Division, i kite i te ratonga nui i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i Parani, a i muri mai ka nekehia atu ki Dunkirk i te marama o Mei 1940. I muri mai ka kite i te ratonga i roto i te Campaign o Awherika ki te Raki i te mutunga o te tau 1942 i El Alamein me Tunisia, Salerno i Itari, i te mutunga o te 1943, me te whakaekenga o Normandy me te katoa
Te raki-uru o Uropi mai i te Pipiri 1944 tae noa ki Mei 1945. Mai i te mutunga o te tau 1942, i te wa i wahia ai te wehenga 44, i mahi te piriti ki te wehenga 7 o te wehenga. Ko ētahi pūtake e karanga ana i te piritiata ko te 131st (Queen's) Brigade, nā te mea i hangaia noa iho e nga ope taua o te Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey).