 To the surprise of the senior officers of the regiment Tudor was appointed to succeed the well liked Lieutenant Colonel William Petherick as commanding officer of the 3rd Hussars and took up the post on 19th September 1941.His command was however short lived.The regimental officers regarded his orders as bizarre and a deputation of mid ranking officers approached him on behalf of all the officers with the request that, as they had no confidence in him, Tudor should resign his command.