Rapidly rising in the navy due to keen intelligence and impressive strength, Henry Ritchie became a lieutenant six years later and served at Sheerness Gunnery School, giving him the chance to become the armed forces lightweight boxing champion in 1900 and runner up in 1901.
Rapidly rising in the navy due to keen intelligence and impressive strength, Henry Ritchie became a lieutenant six years later and served at Sheerness Gunnery School for the next fifteen years as a junior staff officer. During this time, he became the armed forces lightweight boxing champion in 1900 and runner up in 1901.