Mark Strudwick

Mark Strudwick
Born	19 April 1945
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1966 - 2000
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	1st Bn Royal Scots 3rd Infantry Brigade General Officer Commanding Scotland
Battles/wars	Operation Banner
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Mark Jeremy Strudwick CBE (born 19 April 1945) was General Officer Commanding Scotland.

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] He was appointed Commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade in 1990 and Deputy Military Secretary at the Ministry of Defence in 1992.^[5]

He was made Director of Infantry in 1996 and then the 117th and last General Officer Commanding Scotland in 1997; in that role he was simultaneously Governor of Edinburgh Castle.^[5] He retired in 2000.^[6]

He was also Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.^[7]

In retirement he became head of the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust.^[6]

Family

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain, pg 1,448
2. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44126. p. 10605. 30 September 1966. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
3. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 48453. p. 17402. 15 December 1980. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
4. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52918. p. 8169. 11 May 1992. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Debrett's People of Today
6. ^ ^{a b} Major change of direction: Mark Strudwick Glasgow Herald, 24 June 2006
7. ^ London Gazette: no. 54539. p. 13007. 30 September 1996. Retrieved 2010-06-03.

Military offices
Preceded by Jonathan Hall	GOC Scotland 1997–2000	Succeeded by Post disbanded

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Name	Strudwick, Mark
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Date of birth	19 April 1945
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