Mark Strudwick

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Mark Strudwick
Born (1945-04-19) 19 April 1945 (age 76)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1966–2000
RankMajor-general
Commands held1st Battalion Royal Scots
3rd Infantry Brigade
General Officer Commanding Scotland
Battles/warsOperation Banner
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight of the Order of St John
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

Major-General Mark Jeremy Strudwick CBE (born 19 April 1945) is a retired British Army officer, who served as General Officer Commanding Scotland from 1997 to 2000.

Military career[]

Educated at St Edmund's School in Canterbury and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst,[1] Strudwick was commissioned into the Royal Scots in 1966.[2] He was twice mentioned in despatches for his service in Northern Ireland.[3][4]

He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Bn the Royal Scots in 1984 and then became an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1987.[5] In 1990 Strudwick was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire,[6] and later that same year was appointed Commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade. In 1992 Strudwick was appointed to the office of the Deputy Military Secretary at the Ministry of Defence.[5]

He was made Director of Infantry in 1996 and then General Officer Commanding Scotland in 1997; in that role he was simultaneously Governor of Edinburgh Castle.[5] He retired in 2000.[7]

He was also Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.[8]

From 2000 to 2012 he was Chief Executive of the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust.[7] He is Chairman of Trustees of the Royal Scots Club Edinburgh.[9]

Family[]

In 1970 he married Janet Elizabeth Coleridge Vivers; they went on to have one son and one daughter.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Peter Beauclerk Dewar (2001). Burke's Landed Gentry the Kingdom in Scotland. Burke's Peerage and Gentry. p. 1448. ISBN 978-0-9711966-0-5.
  2. ^ "No. 44126". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1966. p. 10605.
  3. ^ "No. 48453". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 December 1980. p. 17402.
  4. ^ "No. 52918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1992. p. 8169.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Debrett's People of Today
  6. ^ "No. 52324". The London Gazette. 5 November 1990. pp. 1–4.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Major change of direction: Mark Strudwick Glasgow Herald, 24 June 2006
  8. ^ "No. 54539". The London Gazette. 30 September 1996. p. 13007.
  9. ^ "Major-General Strudwick appointed new Chairman of the Trustees" (PDF). Write of the Line. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
Military offices
Preceded by
Jonathan Hall 		General Officer Commanding Scotland
1997–2000 		Succeeded by
Nick Eeles
(Assumed post April 2012)
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