General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie, was a British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. During the Second World War he commanded the British Eighth Army in the North African campai
Ritchie in 1944
Ritchie (centre, with pipe) addresses other officers in North Africa on 31 May 1942. Also pictured are Willoughby Norrie, William Gott and, with his back facing the camera, George Erskine.
Winston Churchill and Ritchie watch traffic moving across the Rhine on 26 March 1945.
King George VI (right) and Ritchie (left) inspect men of XII Corps near Nijmegen on 13 October 1944.