Buuxi weedha soo socota: Anthony Farrar-Hockley wuxuu ku dhashay Coventry, Warwickshire, England, 8dii Abriil 1924, wuxuuna ahaa wiil uu dhalay Arthur Farrar-Hockley, oo ahaa wariye, iyo Agnes Beatrice (oo lagu magacaabo Griffin). Wuxuu wax ku bartay Exeter School, wuxuuna markii uu 15 jirka ahaa ka cararay bilowgii Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka wuxuuna ku biiray Guutada Gloucestershire, oo ah guutada lugta ee Ciidanka Ingiriiska. Xaqiiqda ah in uu yaraa ayaa la ogaaday, waxaana laga saaray oo la sugayey in dib loo soo celiyo 1941. Waxaa loo dalacsiiyay sarkaal isagoo wali 17 jir ah oo kaliya 18 markii loo xilsaaray Wiltshire Regiment, ka hor inta aan loo wareejin Parachute Regiment bishii Nofeembar 1942. Wuxuu la dagaalamay 6aad (Royal Welch) Battalion Parachute, oo ka tirsan 2aad Parachute Brigade, Talyaaniga iyo
Koonfurta Faransiiska. Kadib wuxuu ku guuleystay Military Cross (MC) 1944 isagoo la dagaalamaya kacdoonka shuuciga ee Athens intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Giriigga.