Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Basa raMatthews rinoshanda rakatanga muna July 1943, achisvika muSicily uye achitungamirira pfuti dzomugungwa dzeHMS "Roberts" uye gare gare kuwana nzvimbo dzezvombo, apo pasi pemoto wakananga wevavengi, nokuda kwokudenha Agira munguva ye
Mushandirapamwe weSisiri. MunaSeptember 1943, hondo yake yeItaly yakatanga: akazopihwa DSO. Akadzokera kuUK muna Ndira 1944, achinge aendeswa kuII Canadian Corps seCCRA, inoonekwa se "yechipiri basa repamusoro kune pfuti muCanada Forces". II Corps yakashanda muNormandy musi waChikunguru 11, 1944 uye yakatora chikamu mukuita kwakawanda (Operations "Atlantic", "Spring", "Totalize" uye "Tractable") muHondo yeNormandy. Matthews akagadzira zvirongwa zvokupfura zvehondo nokuda kwebasa rimwe nerimwe iri.