 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 6th Battalion, yakasikwa musi wa 31 Chikunguru 1939 sekopi ye5th Battalion, yaishandira sechikamu che199th Infantry Brigade, pakutanga chikamu che66th Infantry Division, padivi pe7th Manchesters uye 28th Battalion yeLancashire Fusiliers. Musi wa 23 Chikumi 1940, 66th Division yakaparadzwa uye 199th Brigade yakaendeswa ku55th West Lancashire Infantry Division. Musi wa 5 May 1942, battalion iyi yakatumidzwazve kuti 1st Battalion, kuti itsive battalion yekutanga, yakanga yarasika kuSingapore.muna February. Muna Gumiguru 1943, 1st Battalion itsva yakaendeswa ku53rd Welsh Infantry Division, kwayaizogara kwehondo yese. Musi wa 27 Chikumi 1944, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment yakasvika muFrance, mazuva makumi maviri nerimwe mushure mekupinda kwekutanga kwakanga kwatanga musi wa 6 Chikumi, D-Day. Nevamwe vasara ve 53rd Division, battalion yakaona kurwa kwakasimba muHondo yeNormandy uye yakatora chikamu mukubatana kwakawanda munzvimbo dzakatenderedza Caen, nzvimbo yekurwa kwakanyanya, iyo yakabatwa nemauto eBritish neCanada musi wa9 Chikunguru, uye yakazorwa muhondo yeFalaise. Bhatani racho rakapfuura neNorthern France, richisvika kuAntwerp muBelgium mukutanga kwaSeptember. The 1st Manchesters, pamwe chete navamwe 53rd Welsh Division, vakatamira Turnhout, asati mberi gare gare kuti mwedzi kupinda Netherlands, apo 1st uye 7th Manchesters akaona basa rinorema, pamwe 7th, zvino sezvo chikamu 52nd Lowland Infantry Division, kurwa Hondo Scheldt pasi pokutonga First Canadian Army. 1st Manchesters, mushure mekupinda munharaunda yeGerman mukutarisana nekudzivirirwa kweWehrmacht, yakayambuka Rhine ne 53rd Division mukupera kwaKurume. 7th Manchesters ne 52nd Division vakaona hondo yavo yokupedzisira muBremen, apo guta iroro rakanga ratorwa musi wa 26 April. 1st Battalion yakapedza hondo muHamburg apo guta iroro rakapa musi wa 3 May. 