[2] The brigade took part in the Normandy campaign and landed on Gold Beach on 6 June 1944.

From 8 to 9 July, the brigade participated in Operation Charnwood; the capture of Caen north of the Orne.

On 16 July, attached to the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, the brigade took part in Operation Pomegranate, part of the Second Battle of the Odon, to divert German attention from Operation Goodwood.

[4] The brigade was reformed and re-equipped with LVT 4 (Buffalo amphibious armoured fighting vehicles) for Operation Plunder the Rhine crossing and was placed under the command of the 79th Armoured Division.

[5] After being briefly converted to "Task Force Echo" in the late 1970s, the brigade was reinstated in 1981, assigned to 4th Armoured Division[6] and based at Alanbrooke Barracks in Paderborn1986 assigned to 3 (UK) Armd Div.