The regiment left the 7th Support Group on 8 February 1942 (the day before it was reformed as the 7th Motor Brigade) and was assigned directly to the 7th Armoured Division; it remained with the division for the rest of the war. The regiment supported the 7th Armoured Division during the rest of the Western Desert campaign taking part in the Battle of Gazala (26 June21 June 1942), the Defence of the El Alamein Line (127 July), the Battle of Alam el Halfa (30 August7 September), and the Battle of El Alamein (23 October4 November). It then took part in the Tunisian campaign including the Battles of Medenine (6 March 1943), Mareth (1623 March), Akarit (6 and 7 April), Enfidaville (1929 April), and Tunis (512 May).