Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akarwa mukupinda kweSicily
muna July 1943 uye akapiwa bhawa kune DSO yake nokuda kwechikamu cheboka muHondo yeCenturipe muna August. Boka racho rakazotora rutivi mukupinda muItaly muna September. Howlett akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel musi wa 24 November 1943, achiri kushanda sa brigadier. 36th Brigade yakanga ichibatanidzwa nemuvengi pamwe neRwizi Sangro panguva iyoyo uye Howlett akaurayiwa neGerman pfuti pfuti musi wa29 Mbudzi paSanta Maria Imbaro. Akanga aenda mberi akatasva bhiza kunoshanyira mauto ake okumberi uye akabatwa mumoto wepfuti. Akanga ane makore 44 uye akanga achizokwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru kuti atungamirire boka pakumhara kweNormandy. Howlett akavigwa muSangro River War Cemetery. Akataurwa nezvake pashure pokufa kwake muzvinyorwa.