Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II, Hakewill-Smith akashanda semukuru mukuru wechiuto chechi5 muDevonshire Regiment kwemwedzi inoverengeka kubva muna May 1940 uye, kubva muna September wegore iroro, semukuru mukuru wechi4/5 muRoyal Scots Fusiliers, semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wehondo. Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier wenguva pfupi musi wa 30 Kurume 1941, uye akaraira 157th Infantry Brigade kusvika pakupera kwaKurume 1942. Ipapo akava Mutungamiriri weSangano paHofisi yeHondo, asati atora mutungamiri we155th Infantry Brigade pakati paFebruary 1943. Musi waDecember 26, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru wenguva pfupi, akatora kutungamira kwehondo yemakomo-yakadzidziswa 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division kubva kuna Major General Neil Ritchie seGeneral Officer Commanding. Akatungamirira 52nd Division mukati mekurwisa muNorth-West Europe
kubva muna October 1944 kusvika muna May 1945.