Ragewa zuwa matsayinsa na dindindin na colonel, Symes ya koma Ingila. A ranar 21 ga Mayu, 1944, an nada shi mataimakin kwamandan layin sadarwa na rukunin rundunar soji na 21, tare da mukamin brigadier. Ya yi aiki a wannan matsayin a cikin yakin Normandy da kuma Allied ci gaba daga Paris zuwa Rhine.
Ka yi haƙuri. An ambaci shi a cikin sakonni a ranar 10 ga Mayu 1945 don ayyukansa.