Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, Hakewill-Smith jere ozi dị ka onye isi ndị agha nke 5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, ruo ọtụtụ ọnwa site na Mee 1940 na, site na Septemba nke afọ ahụ, dị ka CO nke 4th/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, dị ka onye na-arụ ọrụ lieutenant colonel. E buliri ya n'ọkwa brigadier nwa oge na 30 Machị 1941, ma nye iwu na 157th Infantry Brigade ruo na ngwụcha Machị 1942. Mgbe ahụ, ọ ghọrọ onye nduzi nke nzukọ na War Office, tupu ya eburu iwu nke 155th Infantry Brigade n'etiti ọnwa Febụwarị 1943. Na Disemba 26, e buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi ndị agha nwa oge, o weghaara iwu nke 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division nke a zụrụ azụ maka agha ugwu site n'aka Major General Neil Ritchie dị ka General Officer Commanding. Ọ bụ ya duziri ngalaba 52nd n'oge agha
agha na North-West Europe site n'October 1944 ruo May 1945.