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. Tudor refused and the brigade commander, on being informed by the regimental padre of the toxic situation that existed in the regiment when a major battle was in the offing, dismissed Tudor who was replaced on 8 October 1941 by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Peter Farquhar.
The regimental officers found his orders strange and a group of mid-ranking officers presented him with a request to have Tudor resign as commander due to their lack of confidence. Tudor declined, and the brigade commander, informed by the regimental chaplain about the tense situation within the unit before an impending major battle, dismissed Tudor in favor of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Peter Farquhar on October 8, 1941.