Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọrụ Matthews malitere na Julaị 1943, na-agbadata na Sicily ma na-eduzi egbe ndị agha nke HMS "Roberts" na mgbe e mesịrị ịchọta ebe ndị agha, mgbe ha nọ n'okpuru ọkụ onye iro, maka mwakpo ahụ na Agira n'oge
Agha Sicily. N'ọnwa Septemba 1943, mkpọsa ya na-eme n'Itali malitere: e mechara nye ya DSO. Ọ laghachiri UK na Jenụwarị 1944, ebe a kpọfere ya na II Canadian Corps dị ka CCRA, nke a na-ewere dị ka "ọrụ nke abụọ kachasị elu maka onye na-agba ụta na ndị agha Canada". A na-arụ ọrụ II Corps na Normandy na July 11, 1944 ma sonye n'ọtụtụ ọrụ (Operations "Atlantic", "Spring", "Totalize" na "Tractable") na Agha Normandy. Matthews mepụtara atụmatụ ịgba egbe egbe maka nke ọ bụla n'ime ọrụ ndị a.