Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahekehia ki tana taumata o te koronel, ka hoki a Symes ki te United Kingdom. I te 21 o Mei 1944, i tohua ia hei kaiawhina rangatira mo nga raina whakawhitiwhiti korero mo te 21st Army Group, me te taumata o te brigadier. I mahi ia i tēnei tūranga i te Pakanga o Normandy me te
Ka anga whakamua te hunga i uru mai i Paris ki te Rhine. I whakahuatia ia i roto i nga karere i te 10 o Mei 1945 mo ana ratonga.