Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 1/6th me te 1/7 o nga peihana o te reimana i whakawhiwhia ki te 147th Infantry Brigade, i te taha o te 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment, ko ia ano tetahi waahanga o te 49th (West Riding) Division Infantry. Kaore te piritiata i mahi tahi me te toenga o te wehenga i te pakanga o Norway, engari i tukuna ki Iceland i muri i tana whakaekenga i te 1940, ka noho ki reira tae noa ki te Haratua 1942 i te wa i whakahokia mai ai ki te United Kingdom. I te 28 o Hui-tanguru 1943, i ngaro nga peihana e rua i te taatai '1/', ka noho ko te 6th me te 7th battalions, i runga i te tikanga. I eke raua ki Normandy i te 12 o Hune 1944 i muri tata mai o nga taunga o te D-Day o te 6 o Hune. I whawhai rātau ki te Pakanga o Normandy hei wāhanga o te Rōpū Tuarua o Ingarangi i ōna whakamātau ki te
ka hopu i te pa o Kaena. Ina koa, ko te 6th Battalion i tino pakaru i te wa o te Operation Martlet, na te nui o nga mate i pa mai, i hoki mai ki te United Kingdom ka whakakorehia, ko te nuinga o ona tangata i tukuna ki te 7th Battalion. I whakakapia rātau i roto i te piritiata e te 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. I haere tonu te 7th DWR ki te whawhai i te Whakatairanga o Normandy i te Pakanga Tuarua o Odon, me te whakakore i nga Tauranga Channel i te Mahi Astonia.