[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.

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.

[8] From 2000 to 2012, he was Chief Executive of the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust.

[9] In 1970, Strudwick married Janet Elizabeth Coleridge Vivers; they went on to have one son and one daughter, all of whom survived him.