Kammala wannan jumla: Ya yi yaƙi a
mamayewar Sicily a watan Yulin 1943 kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ga DSO don bangaren brigade a yakin Centuripe a watan Agusta. Daga nan sai brigade ya shiga cikin mamaye Italiya a watan Satumba. An ba da Howlett ga Lieutenant Colonel a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, 1943, har yanzu yana aiki a matsayin brigadier. Brigade na 36 ya yi aiki tare da abokan gaba tare da Kogin Sangro a lokacin kuma Howlett ya mutu ne ta hanyar harin bindiga na Jamus a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba a Santa Maria Imbaro. Ya ci gaba a kan doki don ziyarci dakarunsa na gaba kuma an kama shi a cikin wuta. Yana da shekaru 44 kuma ya kamata a ci gaba da zama babban janar don ya jagoranci wani bangare a Normandy. An binne Howlett a cikin Kabarin Yakin Kogin Sangro. An ambace shi bayan mutuwarsa a cikin sakonni.