Mark Strudwick
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Mark Strudwick | |
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| Allegiance | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg United Kingdom |
Branch | File:Flag of the British Army.svg British Army |
Service years | 1966–2000 |
Rank | Major General |
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| Unit | Royal Scots |
| Commands | 1st Battalion, Royal Scots 3rd Infantry Brigade General Officer Commanding Scotland |
Conflicts | Operation Banner |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Knight of the Order of St John Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
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Major General Mark Jeremy Strudwick CBE KStJ (19 April 1945 – 26 September 2021) was a 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 was Chairman of Trustees of the Royal Scots Club Edinburgh.[9]
Personal life
In 1970, Strudwick married Janet Elizabeth Coleridge Vivers; they went on to have one son and one daughter, all of whom survived him.[1][10]
Strudwick died on 26 September 2021, at the age of 76.[10]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 44126"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 30 September 1966. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util"..
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{{cite magazine}}: Check|url=value (help); More than one of|pages=and|page=specified (help)Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". - ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 52324"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 5 November 1990. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util"..
{{cite magazine}}: Check|url=value (help); More than one of|pages=and|page=specified (help)Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". - ^ a b Major change of direction: Mark Strudwick Glasgow Herald, 24 June 2006
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 54539"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 30 September 1996. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util"..
{{cite magazine}}: Check|url=value (help); More than one of|pages=and|page=specified (help)Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Major-General Strudwick appointed new Chairman of the Trustees" (PDF). Write of the Line. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Governor of Edinburgh Castle and aide de camp to the Queen dies, aged 76". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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