Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te whakakorenga o tana roopu, i tukuna a Freeland ki te whakahau i te 1/5th Battalion of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), he waahanga o te 131st Infantry Brigade o te Major General Gerald Lloyd-Verney's 7th Armoured Division, na roto i Belgium, a i whakawhiwhia ki nga whakapaipai Belgian o Chevalier o te Order of the Crown with Palm me te Croix de Guerre 1940 me Palm. Ko te korero mo enei tohu i whakanui i tana whakahau i te puranga i te wa o te whakaoranga o Ghent, i te wa ko te puranga te waahanga nui o te 7th Armoured Division. I haere tonu a Freeland ki te arahi i te 1/5 o nga Kuini puta noa i te toenga o te
Northwestern Europe Campaign, tae noa ki te mutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i Uropi i te marama o Mei 1945, i kite ai te ope i Hamburg, Tiamana.