Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Maris na 1945 Hawkesworth da hedkwatarsa sun koma Italiya. X Corps ya kasance a matsayin ajiya kuma bai shiga cikin mummunan rauni a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1945 ba, wanda ya haifar da mika wuya ga sojojin Axis a Italiya a farkon watan Mayu da kuma ci gaba da rikici.
karshen yakin a Turai. Amma a wannan lokacin, ya bayyana cewa Hawkesworth yana da ciwon zuciya. Ya mutu a kan hanyarsa ta komawa Biritaniya, lokacin da ya kamu da ciwon zuciya yayin da yake cikin jirginsa wanda yake a Gibraltar, a ranar 3 ga Yuni 1945 yana da shekaru hamsin da biyu.