[6] From September 1942 to April 1943, the regiment was based at Wensley and Middleham, training on ranges in North Yorkshire.

[7][8] In January 1943, the 11th Tank Brigade was attached to 77th Infantry (Reserve) Division and its regiments were given the role of holding and training replacements.

[9] Finally, in Autumn 1943, the decision was made disband 11th Tank Brigade, without it ever having seen active service, and it was broken up before the end of November.

On 15 November, it received orders to reconvert to infantry as 5th Bn Manchester Regiment.

[11] In the summer of 1944, the reconstituted infantry battalion acted as the Royal Bodyguard at Balmoral Castle while the Royal Family was in residence and then served as a machine-gun battalion with 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division until the end of the war.