 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: A fun Sweeney ni Cross Military MC fun igbala ọmọ ẹgbẹ kan ti o farapa ti ẹgbẹ rẹ ni 7 Okudu 1944 lakoko ti o wa labẹ ibọn nla nitosi Escoville. Sweeney fara pa lásìkò tí : Ogun ti Normandy ni Oṣu Keje ọdun 1944 ati pe wọn yọ kuro lọ si England. Ó tún darapọ mọ 2nd Oxfordshire àti Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ìdíje 52nd ní oṣù October 1944. O ṣiṣẹ ni Ardennes ati Netherlands lati Oṣu kejila ọdun 1944 si Kínní ọdun 1945. O ṣiṣẹ ninu Iṣẹ Varsity: ikọlu afẹfẹ ti o de lori Rhine ni Oṣu Kẹta Ọjọ 24, Ọdun 1945, o si kopa ninu ilosiwaju kọja Germany si Okun Baltic. Ni Oṣu Kẹwa ọdun 1945 a firanṣẹ batalionu 2nd, Oxfordshire ati Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 52nd si Palestine, nibiti Sweeney ti ṣiṣẹ lakoko pajawiri Palestine. 