Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịbụ onye a na-ekpe ikpe ugbu a ka ọ na-eduzi otu ndị agha, a họpụtara ya ka ọ na-eduzi XII Corps n'ọnọdụ Lieutenant-General Montagu Stopford, nke bụ akụkụ nke Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey's British Second Army ma họrọ ya isonye na mbuso agha nke Normandy. E mere Ritchie ka ọ bụrụ Companion nke Order of the Bath na 1 Jenụwarị 1944. N'enyemaka nke BGS ya, nke mbụ Roy Urquhart, emesịa James Cassels, Ritchie duziri XII Corps n'oge Agha Normandy n'etiti 1944 na agha ndị sochirinụ
agha na Western Europe, na-agwụ na May 1945 na njedebe nke agha na Europe. Ritchie n'adịghị ka onye bu ya ụzọ bụ Cunningham nke asatọ, nwetaghachiri iwu na-arụ ọrụ mgbe a chụpụrụ ya, na-egosi nkwanye ùgwù nke Brooke, Onye isi ndị isi ndị isi Imperial General Staff. Maka ọrụ ya na Northwest Europe Ritchie mere Knight Commander nke Order nke British Empire na 5 Julaị 1945 ma a kpọtụrụ ya aha ugboro abụọ na ozi n'oge mkpọsa ahụ, maka "ọrụ dị egwu na ọrụ dị iche iche", na 22 Machị na 9 Ọgọstụ 1945.