Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (born 1897)

Neil Ritchie

British Army officer (1897–1983)

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 campaign from November 1941 until he was dismissed in June 1942 after a disastrous…