 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Laibikita agbara ija olokiki ati orukọ rere ti 51st, Montgomery pinnu lẹhin ipolongo ni Sicily ni Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 1943 pe Wimberley, botilẹjẹpe Montgomery ṣe iwunilori rẹ gidigidi, n ṣe afihan rirẹ lẹhin ọdun meji ni aṣẹ, ati pe o yẹ ki o yọ kuro ninu aṣẹ rẹ ki o rọpo. Eyi ni o ṣe, ati Wimberley ni o rọpo nipasẹ Major-General Charles Bullen-Smith, ti Kings Own Scottish Borderers, ti o ti jẹ GOC ti 15th Scottish Infantry Division, iṣelọpọ TA miiran. Ni iṣẹlẹ naa, Bullen-Smith funrararẹ ni o rọpo nipasẹ Major-General Tom Rennie, Highlander kan, ni Oṣu Keje ọdun 1944, nigbati ẹka naa n ja ni Normandy : lẹyìn tí Montgomery gbé e padà sí United Kingdom nígbà tí ó di olórí ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun 21st Army Group láti darí ìkọlù àwọn Alátìlẹgbẹ ní Normandy orúkọ àtẹgùn Operation Overlord. Ní 5 August 1943 Wimberley di Companion of the Order of the Bath CB. 