 The regiment was deployed to Meulebeke in Belgium as part of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, now part of the I Canadian Corps, First Canadian Army.Most of the unit was sent on leave when the order came on March 17, 1945, to prepare to move into battle again.The first area of operations was on the Maas River and Waal River lines near Nijmegen where the Westminsters relieved the 12th Manitoba Dragoons and commenced active patrolling and used the battalion mortars against the German positions across the Waal in Tiel.