Trivias Of Dick Strawbridge
- Strawbridge was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Plymouth University in 2010
- Dick and James Strawbridge are the authors of Preserves, a book in the "Made at Home" series published by Mitchell Beazley in 2012
- He is often referred to as "Colonel Dick"
- To achieve his ambition of becoming an army officer after taking his O levels, Strawbridge enrolled at a sixth form college in Nottinghamshire before going on to Sandhurst.
- Promoted to Lieutenant in April 1981, and Captain in October 1985, he became a Major in September 1991. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1993 for his distinguished service in Northern Ireland, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in June 1999, and left the army in November 2001.
