Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Rodney ya ci gaba da Bickerton zuwa matsayi na kyaftin din a ranar 8 ga Fabrairun 1781 kuma ya ba shi umurni na wucin gadi na HMS "Invincible". A cikinta ne Bickerton ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Fort Royal, wani aiki da aka yi a ranar 29 ga Afrilu 1781, a gabar tekun Martinique. Bickerton ya sami jirginsa, HMS "Russell", a watan Mayu, kafin a sauƙaƙe zuwa "Terrible" amma, yana ganin ba ta dace ba, ya koma jirgin ruwa, HMS "Amazon", a watan Yuli. Bayan aiki a cikin tsibirin Leeward da ruwayen Arewacin Amirka, Bickerton ya koma Ingila a "Amazon", ya isa Portsmouth a watan Fabrairun 1782. A watan Satumba, an ba Bickerton sabon gyaran HMS "Brune"; an cire shi a watan Mayu na shekara mai zuwa kuma Bickerton ba shi da jirgi har zuwa Janairu 1787, lokacin da ya ba da umarnin HMS "Sibyl" kuma a cikinta ya sake tafiya zuwa tsibirin Leeward.