After this, the brigade took part in most of the major actions fought by the Canadians on the Western Front for the next two-and-a-half years until the armistice in November 1918.

Training was conducted in Canada, and by July 1941, the brigade departed for the United Kingdom.

[3] After training in Britain, the 8th Brigade formed part of the assault forces on D-Day, at Juno Beach.

The 8th went ashore in the area Courseulles-sur-Mer, Bernières-sur-Mer and St Aubin-sur-Mer, its task was to clear the beach and establish a beachhead perimeter before moving inland.

Although the 8th Brigade reached is objectives by D-Day evening, "mopping-up" of by-passed German strongpoints took another ten days.