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'''Major General Charles Dair Farrar-Hockley, MC''' is a retired soldier who joined the [[Institute for Statecraft]].
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'''Major General Charles Dair Farrar-Hockley, MC''' is a retired officer who joined the [[Institute for Statecraft]].
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He is the son of General Sir [[Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley]] (8 April 1924 – 11 March 2006), nicknamed Farrar the Para, a British Army officer and a military historian who fought in a number of British conflicts.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1512914/Gen-Sir-Anthony-Farrar-Hockley.html</ref>
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Dair was born in [[Brentford]],<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ThCA8hE4bcux4AAtPN7ZVg&scan=</ref>, and schooled at [[Beaudesert Park]] and [[Exeter School|Exeter]].
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Dair Farrar-Hockley was commissioned in the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] in 1967 and served in [[Malta]], Libya, [[Cyprus]] and [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name=we>https://web.archive.org/web/20130709053203/http://www.war-experience.org/about/patrons/default.asp</ref> As Officer Commanding A Company, 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment he fought at the battles of [[Battle of Goose Green|Goose Green]] and Wireless Ridge and also led the heli-borne assault to secure Bluff Cove – a crucial first step in developing a southern flank in the battle for Port Stanley – during the [[Falklands War]] where he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for gallantry in action.<ref name=we/> He was made [[Commanding Officer]] of [[3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment]] in 1984.<ref name=data>[http://www.paradata.org.uk/media/3456?mediaSection=Biography+picture Dair Farrar-Hockley] Paradata</ref>
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Farrar-Hockley was appointed Special Briefer to the [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]] in 1986.<ref name=data/> After that he was appointed commander of the [[19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom)|19th Infantry Brigade]] at [[Colchester]] in 1989 and commander of Infantry Training at [[Warminster]] in 1993.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf</ref> From 1995 he assisted the Czech government in developing a new security policy.<ref name=we/> He was [[General Officer Commanding]] [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Division]] from 1996 until May 1999.<ref name=we>https://web.archive.org/web/20130709053203/http://www.war-experience.org/about/patrons/default.asp</ref> and a trustee of Holy Trinity Monastery.<ref>https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07487215/officers</ref>
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Latest revision as of 05:59, 4 April 2022

Person.png Dair Farrar-Hockley   Companies HouseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Born2 December 1946
Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
NationalityUK
Alma materBeaudesert Park, Exeter School
Member ofInstitute for Statecraft
A retired Major General who joined the Institute for Statecraft.

Major General Charles Dair Farrar-Hockley, MC is a retired officer who joined the Institute for Statecraft.

Background

He is the son of General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley (8 April 1924 – 11 March 2006), nicknamed Farrar the Para, a British Army officer and a military historian who fought in a number of British conflicts.[1]

Dair was born in Brentford,[2], and schooled at Beaudesert Park and Exeter.

Military career

Dair Farrar-Hockley was commissioned in the Parachute Regiment in 1967 and served in Malta, Libya, Cyprus and Northern Ireland.[3] As Officer Commanding A Company, 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment he fought at the battles of Goose Green and Wireless Ridge and also led the heli-borne assault to secure Bluff Cove – a crucial first step in developing a southern flank in the battle for Port Stanley – during the Falklands War where he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action.[3] He was made Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in 1984.[4]

Farrar-Hockley was appointed Special Briefer to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1986.[4] After that he was appointed commander of the 19th Infantry Brigade at Colchester in 1989 and commander of Infantry Training at Warminster in 1993.[5] From 1995 he assisted the Czech government in developing a new security policy.[3] He was General Officer Commanding 2nd Division from 1996 until May 1999.[3] and a trustee of Holy Trinity Monastery.[6]


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References

  1. ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1512914/Gen-Sir-Anthony-Farrar-Hockley.html
  2. ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=ThCA8hE4bcux4AAtPN7ZVg&scan=
  3. ↑ a b c d https://web.archive.org/web/20130709053203/http://www.war-experience.org/about/patrons/default.asp
  4. ↑ a b Dair Farrar-Hockley Paradata
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf
  6. ↑ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07487215/officers
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