Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i whakawhiwhia a Villiers hei Lieutenant i te Royal Naval Reserve i te tau 1940. I whakawhiwhia ia ki tetahi waka o te 24 LCI ((L)'s, ko Landing craft, Infantry (Large). I whakahaua kia kawea atu ki tawahi o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, me te 40 ōrau o te mate e tūmanakohia ana, i whakawhiti katoa a Villiers engari kotahi. I whakahau ia i ngā "rerenga" o LCI ((L)'s i te rā D i te Pakanga o Normandy, te whakaekenga o Sicily
, me te pakanga o Burma i te Rawhiti ki tawhiti. I te mutunga o te Pakanga, i whakatairangahia a Villiers ki te Kaihauturu me te whakawhiwhia ki te Ripeka Ratonga Motuhake o Ingarangi.