 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Gumiguru 1941 iro bataiyoni, pamwe chete nevamwe vese ve31st Brigade, rakamiswazve sebataiyoni remhepo, kunyanya sechifambisi chemhepo, uye 31st Brigade yakatumidzwazve zita rekuti 1st Airlanding Brigade uye ikava chikamu che1st Airborne Division. Pakati pa1943 yakaendeswa, pamwe chete ne1st Royal Ulster Rifles, kuti ive chikamu che6th Airlanding Brigade mu6th Airborne Division. The 2nd Ox uye Bucks vaifanira kutora chikamu kupinda kweSicily Operation Husky; zvisinei muna Kubvumbi 1943 battalion yakarairwa kuti 1st Airborne uye kwete 6th Airborne yaifanira kuendeswa kunzvimbo dzekumhara. Nguva pfupi kusati kwasvika kuNormandy musi wa6 June 1944, boka duku raitungamirirwa naMajor John Howard rakasvika nemapuraneti matanhatu eHorsa ndokutora migero yeCaen nemabhiriji erwizi rweOrne. Kubudirira kwavo kwakabatsira kuchengetedza rutivi rwamabvazuva rwekumhara, kwakadzivisa zvombo zveGermany kuti zvisayambuke kumusoro uye kurwisa rutivi rweBritish 3rd Infantry Division iyo yakasvika paSword Beach pa07:25 uye yakavamanikidza kuti vaende kumaodzanyemba vachipfuura neCaen. 