Anthony Farrar-Hockley
General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC (8 April 1924 – 11 March 2006), nicknamed Farrar the Para, was a British Army officer and a military historian who fought in a number of British conflicts. He held a number of senior commands, ending his career as Commander-in-Chief of NATO's Allied Forces Northern Europe. Throughout his four decades of army life, he spoke plainly, and both before and after his retirement in 1982 wrote on the conflicts he had experienced and the Second World War.
Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley | |
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| Birth name | Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley |
| Nickname(s) | "Farrar the Para" |
| Born | 8 April 1924 Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 11 March 2006 (aged 81) Moulsford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Buried | St John the Baptist, Moulsford |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1982 |
| Rank | General |
| Service number | 251309 |
| Unit | Gloucestershire Regiment Wiltshire Regiment Parachute Regiment |
| Commands held | Allied Forces Northern Europe South East District 4th Division 16th Parachute Brigade 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Second World War Greek Civil War Palestine Emergency Korean War Cyprus Emergency Indonesian Confrontation Aden Emergency |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order & Bar Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
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| Children | 3 including Charles Dair Farrar-Hockley |
| Other work | ADC General to the Queen Military historian |
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