On 20 November 1941 the battalion was transferred to 43rd (Wessex) Division, and on 7 January 1942 it was renamed as 43rd Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps, later becoming 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment (The Gloucestershire Regiment) in the Royal Armoured Corps. It served with 43rd (Wessex) Division until the end of the war, including the Normandy Campaign, Operation Market Garden, the fighting in the Reichswald, and the advance across Germany after the Rhine Crossing.