Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Anthony Farrar-Hockley akaberekerwa muCoventry, Warwickshire, England, musi wa8 April 1924, mwanakomana waArthur Farrar-Hockley, mutori wenhau, naAgnes Beatrice (née Griffin). Akadzidza paExeter School, uye pazera remakore gumi nemashanu akatiza pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II uye akanyoresa muGloucestershire Regiment, mutsara wevarwi veBritish Army. Idi rokuti akanga ari muduku rakakurumidza kuwanwa uye akabudiswa uye aifanira kumirira kunyoreswazve muna 1941. Akakwidziridzwa kuva musoja paakanga achiri nemakore 17 uye 18 chete paakapiwa basa muWiltshire Regiment, asati aendeswa kuParachute Regiment munaNovember 1942. Akarwa ne6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, chikamu che2nd Parachute Brigade, muItaly uye
Maodzanyemba eFrance. Gare gare akahwina Military Cross (MC) muna 1944 achirwisa kupandukira kwechikomonisiti muAthens panguva yeGreek Civil War.