Dair Farrar-Hockley

Dair Farrar-Hockley
Born (1946-12-02) 2 December 1946
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1967-1999
Rank Major General
Commands held 3rd Bn, The Parachute Regiment
19 Infantry Brigade
2nd Division
Battles/wars Falklands War
Awards Military Cross

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.[1] He is the son of General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley.

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.[2] 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.[2] He was made Commanding Officer of The 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in 1984.[3]

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

He is currently a senior fellow at The Institute for Statecraft; a patron of The Second World War Experience Centre.;[5] and a trustee of Holy Trinity Monastery.[6]

Works

Sources

  1. ↑ Chartered Institute of Arbitrators website
  2. 1 2 3 4 The Second World War Experience Centre
  3. 1 2 Dair Farrar-Hockley Paradata
  4. ↑ Army Commands
  5. ↑ "Patrons". Second World War Experience Centre.
  6. ↑ "Holy Trinity Monastery". Companies House. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Patrick Cordingley		 General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division
1996–1999 		Succeeded by
Robert Gordon
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