PARAS Farrar-Hockley, Anthony Heritage (Tony)

[John Robertson]

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• SURNAME

Farrar-Hockley ​

• FORENAME

Anthony Heritage (Tony) ​

• UNIT

6 Bn (C Company) ​

• RANK

T/Captain + T/Major ​

• NUMBER

251309 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross,Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Greece 1944-45 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 8.4.1924 Coventry​

educated Exeter School​

enlisted Gloucestershire Regiment age 17​

discharged as underage​

re-enlisted 70th Young Soldiers' Bn 1941​

commissioned Parachute Regiment 1942​

6 Bn Parachute Regiment 1944-45​

awarded M.C.,Mention in Despatches​

1 Bn Gloucestershire Regiment (Adjutant)​

POW April 1951-53​

awarded D.S.O.​

Staff College​

DA and AQMG + Brigade Major 16th Parachute Brigade 1950s​

Chief Instructor,RMA Sandhurst 1959​

3 Bn Parachute Regiment (C.O.) 1962-65​

awarded bar to D.S.O.​

Chief of Staff to Director of Operations,Borneo 1965​

GOC 16th Parachute Brigade 1966 (Brigadier)​

Director of Army Public Relations​

GOC Land Forces,Northern Ireland (Major General)​

GOC 4th Armoured Division 1971​

Ministry of Defence (Director of Combat Development (Army)) 1974​

Lieutenant General 1977​

GOC South East District​

Knighted 1977​

C-inC Allied Forces,Northern Europe 1979-82​

retired 1982 as General​

ADC General to the Queen 1981-83​

Colonel Commandant of Prince of Wales Division 1974-80​

Colonel Commandant of Parachute Regiment 1977-83​

Colonel of Gloucestershire Regiment 1978-84​

awarded G.B.E. 1981​

historical author​

married Margaret Bernadette Wells 1945 (died 1981) (2 sons)​

married Linda Wood 1983​

died 11.3.2006 (Aged 81)​

St. John The Baptist, Moulsford, Oxfordshire, UK​

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