Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da mamayewar ta fara a ranar 6 ga Yuni 1944 Bols bai shiga kai tsaye ba, ana riƙe shi a Ofishin Yakin a matsayin jami'in ma'aikaci, amma, a farkon watan Yuli, an ba shi umarnin Brigade na 185 na Infantry, wani ɓangare na Rukunin Infantry na 3 a ƙarƙashin Manjo Janar Lashmer "Bolo" Whistler. Ya jagoranci brigade a lokacin matakai na karshe na yakin Caen, inda ya ga gwagwarmaya mai tsanani a Operation Charnwood, Operation Goodwood, da Operation Bluecoat kuma daga bisani a cikin Allied gaba daga Paris zuwa Rhine
Ka yi haƙuri. An nada shi Abokin Abokin Sabis na Musamman (DSO) don jagorancin brigade a lokacin yakin Overloon da kuma sakin Overloon da Venray a cikin Netherlands; shawarar da aka bayar don kyautar DSO ta ambaci musamman game da nasarar da brigade ta samu a tilasta Kogin Breek duk da tsananin juriya, mummunan yanayi da karancin kayan aikin kai hari. An ba da lambar yabo a ranar 1 ga Maris, 1945.