Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pipiri 1943, i tukuna e Roberts te 26th Armoured Brigade ki a Brigadier Richard Hull ka tukuna ano ki te United Kingdom, i reira mo nga marama e ono i whakahau ia i te 30th Armoured Brigade, he waahanga o te 79th Armoured Division a Major General Percy Hobart. I tenei wa i mohiotia hei tohunga mo te pakanga patu patu, ko Roberts, 37 noa iho ona tau, i whakatairangahia ki te mahi rangatira nui i te 6 o Tihema 1943 ka noho hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua (GOC) o te 11th Armoured Division (te "Black Bull"), ka riro mai i a Major General Brocas Burrows. I ārahi ia i te wehenga i
Te Raki o Ūropi ki te Uru mai i te tau 1944 ki te 1945.