Buuxi weedha soo socota: Waxaa loo xukumay in uu hadda ku haboon yahay inuu hoggaamiyo guutada, waxaa loo doortay inuu hoggaamiyo XII Corps halkii Lieutenant-General Montagu Stopford, kaas oo ka mid ahaa Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey's British Second Army waxaana loo doortay inuu ka qaybqaato duulaankii Normandy. Ritchie waxaa loo sameeyay Saaxiibka Amarka Bath 1dii Janaayo 1944. Isaga oo gacan ka helaya BGS, markii hore Roy Urquhart, markii dambe James Cassels, Ritchie wuxuu hoggaamiyay XII Corps intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Normandy bartamihii 1944 iyo dagaaladii xigay
dagaalkii ka dhacay galbeedka yurub, kaas oo kusoo dhamaaday bishii may 1945 kii markii uu kusoo dhamaaday dagaalkii yurub. Ritchie si ka duwan kii ka horeeyay ee Cunningham, wuxuu dib u helay amar firfircoon kadib xilka qaadistiisa, taasoo soo jeedinaysa qadarin uu u qabay Brooke, Madaxa Shaqaalaha Guud ee Boqortooyada. Adeegyadii uu ka soo qabtay Waqooyi Galbeed Yurub Ritchie waxaa loo magacaabay Taliye Knight oo ka tirsan Amarka Boqortooyada Ingiriiska 5tii Luulyo 1945 waxaana laba jeer lagu xusay waraaqaha inta lagu gudajiray ololaha, "adeegyada geesinimada leh iyo kuwa sharafta leh", 22kii Maarso iyo 9kii Ogosto 1945.