Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akapedza nguva zhinji yehondo ari pazvinzvimbo zvakasiyana-siyana zvevashandi, uye akaroora Victoire Marion Williams-Freeman muna 1942. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant colonel, akagadzwa sa Commanding Officer (CO) we1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, muna Kurume 1944. Bhataiyoni (yaimbonzi 6th Battalion, Territorial Army isati yadzoswa kuva 1st Battalion muna Chivabvu 1942), ichishanda sebataiyoni remapfuti e53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, yekutanga-mutsara TA kuumbwa inotungamirwa naMajor General Robert Ross, yakanga isina kudzidziswa zvakanaka uye isingakwanise kuita basa, asi Harington akakurumidza kuiunza kuzere kurwa. Bhatani, pamwe chete nedhipatimendi rayo rekutanga, rakasvika muNormandy, France, mukupera kwaJune, masvondo matatu mushure mekumhara kweNormandy, uye rakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakasimba muHondo yeNormandy, uye yakawanda yekurwisana kwakatevera muWestern Europe.
, kusvikira Harington arega kutungamira pakati paSeptember 1944, paakava General Staff Officer Grade 1 (GSO1) ne 53rd Division HQ. Akachengeta nzvimbo iyi kusvikira muna May 1945. Nokuda kwebasa rake seCO we1st Manchesters, Harington akapiwa Distinguished Service Order DSO pakutanga kwa1945.