 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - 1st Battalion yaiva uto raiva muIndia pakatanga hondo uye rakadzoswa kuBritain, richiuya muna July 1940 panguva yeHondo yeBritain. Vakanga vari chikamu che 185th Infantry Brigade pakutanga vakagoverwa ku79th Armoured Division asi brigade kusanganisira 2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment uye 2nd Kings Shropshire Light Infantry yakaendeswa ku3rd Infantry Division, iyo yaizoramba nayo kwehondo yose. Bhatani racho rakasvika paRed Queen Beach, kurutivi rworuboshwe rweSword Beach, pa07:25 musi wa6 Chikumi 1944, D-Day. 1st Battalion yakafambira mberi ichikwira pamhenderekedzo uye yakarwa ne 736th Grenadier Regiment panzvimbo yakasimbiswa paPeriers Ridge ine zita rekuti Hillman Fortress. Mukurwiswa uku 1st Battalion yakarasikirwa nevanhu 150. 1st Battalion yakaramba ichirwisana nokusiyanisa kuburikidza neNormandy Campaignuye mumushandirapamwe weNorth West Europe. Musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu 1944 paSourdeval, Sidney Bates weB Company akapiwa posthumously Victoria Cross nokuda kwoushingi hwake hukuru muHondo yeSourdevallee kurwisana ne10th SS Panzer Division. Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey, mutungamiri weBritain Second Army, akataura kuti nokuramba vari muhondo, battalion yakaita kuti kubudirira kwakazotevera muna August kubvire. Pakupera kwehondo muEurope, 1st Battalion yakanga yawana mukurumbira unoshamisa uye yakataurwa naField Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, 21st Army Group mutungamiri, se wechipiri kune hapana wemabhatani ose mu21st Army Group. 1st Royal Norfolks yakanga yarasikirwa navakuru 20 navamwe varwi 260 vakaurawa navakawanda vanopfuura chiuru vakakuvadzwa kana kuti vakashaika mumwedzi 11 yokurwisana kunodokuva kusingagumi. 