Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakawakia e ia he pai ki te whakahau i tetahi ope taua, i tohua ia ki te whakahau i te XII Corps hei whakakapi mo Lieutenant-General Montagu Stopford, i uru ki te ope taua tuarua o Ingarangi a Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey a i tohua ia ki te uru atu ki te whakaekenga o Normandy. I whakawhiwhia a Ritchie ki te Order of the Bath i te 1 o Hanuere 1944. I awhinahia e tana BGS, i te tuatahi ko Roy Urquhart, i muri mai ko James Cassels, i arahi a Ritchie i te XII Corps i te Pakanga o Normandy i waenganui o 1944 me nga pakanga whai muri
pakanga i Uropi ki te Uru, ka mutu i te Mei 1945 me te mutunga o te pakanga i Uropi. Ritchie kaore i rite ki tana Tuhinga o mua o Cunningham, i whakawhiwhia ki tetahi whakahau kaha i muri i tana whakakorenga, e whakaatu ana i te whakaute i a ia e Brooke, te Tumuaki o te Imperial General Staff. Mo ana mahi i te raki-ki-te-rawhiti o Uropi i whakawhiwhia a Ritchie ki te Knight Commander o te Order of the British Empire i te 5 o Hurae 1945 a e rua nga wa i whakahuatia ai ia i roto i nga karere i te wa o te pakanga, mo nga "mahi toa me te rongonui", i te 22 o Maehe me te 9 o Akuhata 1945.