Major General Charles Dair Farrar-Hockley, MC (born 2 December 1946) is an English soldier and a military arbitrator. The Military Cross ( MC) is the third level Military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993 other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He is the son of General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley. General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC (8 April 1924 &ndash 11 March 2006 affectionately known as
After schooling at Exeter School, Farrar-Hockley was commissioned in the Parachute Regiment in 1967, serving in Malta, Cyprus and Northern Ireland. Exeter School is a selective independent Co-educational day school for children between the ages of 7 and 18 located in Exeter, Devon, England The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of As Company Commander with the 2nd Parachute Battalion he was involved in the battles of Goose Green and Wireless Ridge in the Falklands War where he won the MC. The Battle of Goose Green ( 28 &ndash 29 May 1982) was an engagement of the Falklands War between British and Argentine forces The Battle of Wireless Ridge was an engagement of the Falklands War which took place on the night of 13 June and 14 June 1982, between The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the Subsequently he commanded the 3rd Parachute Battalion, was Special Briefer to the Chief of Staff at SHAPE, commanded 19 Infantry Brigade at Colchester, was Commander of Infantry Training at Warminster, and assisted the Czech Chief of Defence in preparing his country's armed forces for entry into NATO. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ( SHAPE) is the central command of NATO Military forces Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England. Warminster is a town in western Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the A36, and near Frome and Westbury. He was GOC 2nd Division from 1996 until May 1999. The British 2nd Division was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War.
He is currently the Director General of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as well as being patron of several charities. The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators is a London based membership organisation for arbitrators for the promotion and facilitation of dispute resolution
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