Dair Farrar-Hockley

Dair Farrar-Hockley    (soldier)
Born	2 December 1946 Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Beaudesert Park, Exeter School
Member of	Institute 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.

Dair was born in Brentford,, 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. 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. He was made Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in 1984.

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

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