Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi a Wilsey i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, hei Kaihautū (CO) o te 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment i Ireland ki te Raki me te Tonga-rawhiti o Ingarangi mai i te Hanuere-Oketopa 1943. Ko te patereona he waahanga no te 182nd Brigade o te 61st Division, ahakoa i whiriwhiria i te tuatahi ki te whakauru ki te whakaekenga a Allied o Normandy, kaore i tutuki. I mahi ia hei CO o te 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, i uru ki te 147th Brigade o te 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. I arahina e ia te puranga i te wa o te whakaekenga a nga Allied o Normandy i te Pipiri 1944 me te pakanga katoa o Normandy, me te nuinga o te Northwest Europe Campaign
Tae noa ki te timatanga o Hanuere 1945, i whakatairangahia a Wilsey ki te whakahau i te 158th Brigade, he waahanga o te 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, i whakahau ia mo te toenga o te pakanga i te raki o Uropi tae noa ki te Wikitoria i te Ra o Uropi i Mei 1945.