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General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC, KStJ (29 July 1897 – 11 December 1983) 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 campaign from November 1941 until he was dismissed in June 1942 after a ...
- 1914–1951
- British Army
Neil Ritchie (Georgetown, 29 de julho de 1897 — Toronto, 11 de dezembro de 1983) foi um general do Exército Britânico durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, membro do 3.º Batalhão do Regimento Real Escocês, também conhecido como A Guarda Negra.
- Reino Unido
- 11 de dezembro de 1983, Toronto
- Colégio Militar Real, Sandhurst, Real Academia Militar de Sandhurst
- 29 de julho de 1897, Georgetown
20 de abr. de 2015 · Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie commanded the British 8th Army during the Battle of Gazala. This battle ended with the loss of Tobruk and Ritchie, along with Cl
Neil Ritchie was a British general who led the Eighth Army in North Africa against Rommel's Afrika Korps. He was sacked after losing the Battle of Gazala and Tobruk in 1942.
22 de dez. de 2022 · Neil Ritchie is portrayed by Michael Shaeffer in SAS: Rogue Heroes, and is best known for commanding the British Eighth Army in North Africa from November 1941 to June 1942. A career military man who’d previously served in the First World War, he later went on to lead the XII Corps throughout the fighting in Northwest Europe.
Neil Ritchie was born in 1897. Educated at Lancing College and Sandhurst Military Academy he was commissioned into the Black Watch in 1914. In the First World War he fought in France and in Mesopotamia where he won the Military Cross in 1918. Ritchie remained in the British Army and by the outbreak of the Second World War had risen to the rank ...
Neil Ritchie was sacked as commander of Eighth Army in North Africa in 1942 after a disastrous defeat by Rommel. He later returned to field command in Normandy with the support of influential patrons and his own professional skills.
