Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achitongwa zvino akakodzera kutungamirira boka, akasarudzwa kuti atungamirire XII Corps panzvimbo yeLieutenant-General Montagu Stopford, iyo yakaumba chikamu cheBritish Second Army yaLieutenant-General Miles Dempsey uye yakasarudzwa kuti iite chikamu mukupinda kweNormandy. Ritchie akaitwa Companion weOrder yeBhati musi wa 1 Ndira 1944. Achibatsirwa naBGS wake, pakutanga Roy Urquhart, gare gare James Cassels, Ritchie akatungamira XII Corps panguva yeHondo yeNormandy pakati pa1944 uye yakazotevera
hondo muWestern Europe, ichipera muna May 1945 nokupera kwehondo muEurope. Ritchie kusiyana nomutungamiri wake weEighth Army Cunningham, akawanazve basa rinoshanda mushure mekudzingwa kwake, zvichiratidza kuremekedzwa kwaaiitwa naBrooke, Mutungamiriri weGeneral Imperial Staff. Nokuda kwemabasa ake kuNorthwest Europe Ritchie akaitwa Knight Commander weOrder yeBritish Empire musi wa5 Chikunguru 1945 uye akambotaurwa kaviri mumashoko panguva yemushandirapamwe, we "gallant and distinguished services", musi wa22 Kurume na9 Nyamavhuvhu 1945.