Mark Strudwick

Mark Strudwick
Born(1945-04-19)19 April 1945
Died26 September 2021(2021-09-26) (aged 76)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1966–2000
RankMajor-general
Service number481880
UnitRoyal Scots
Commands1st 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 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

  1. ^ 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. ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today
  6. ^ "No. 52324". The London Gazette. 5 November 1990. pp. 1–4.
  7. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b "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.
Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding Scotland
1997–2000 		Succeeded by
Nick Eeles
(Assumed post April 2012)