Years of service 1967-1999 Awards Military Cross Rank Major general Parents Anthony Farrar-Hockley Allegiance United Kingdom | Name Dair Farrar-Hockley Service/branch British Army Battles/wars Falklands War Battles and wars Falklands War | |
Born 2 December 1946 (age 77) ( 1946-12-02 ) Commands held 3rd Bn, The Parachute Regiment
19 Infantry Brigade
2nd Division Role Anthony Farrar-Hockley's son | ||
Major General Charles Dair Farrar-Hockley, MC (born 2 December 1946) is a former British Army officer and a former Director General of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is the son of General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley.
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Military career
After schooling at Beaudesert Park and Exeter School, 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 won the MC. He was made Commanding Officer of The 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in 1984.
He was appointed Special Briefer to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1986. After that he was appointed Commander 19 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.
He is currently a senior fellow at The Institute for Statecraft; a patron of The Second World War Experience Centre.; and a trustee of Holy Trinity Monastery.