Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Anthony Farrar-Hockley na Coventry, Warwickshire, England, n'April 8, 1924, nwa Arthur Farrar-Hockley, onye nta akụkọ, na Agnes Beatrice (née Griffin). Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ Exeter, ma mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ise, ọ gbapụrụ na mbido Agha Secondwa nke Abụọ wee debanye aha ya na Gloucestershire Regiment, otu ndị agha na-agba ọsọ nke ndị agha Britain. Eziokwu ahụ bụ na ọ bụ obere oge ka a chọpụtara na a tọhapụrụ ya ma chere ka a kpọghachi ya n'afọ 1941. E buliri ya n'ọkwa sergeant mgbe ọ ka dị afọ iri na asaa na naanị afọ iri na asatọ mgbe enyere ya ọrụ na Wiltshire Regiment, tupu ebufe ya na Parachute Regiment na Nọvemba 1942. Ọ lụrụ ọgụ na 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, akụkụ nke 2nd Parachute Brigade, na Italy na
Ebe Ndịda France. Ka oge na-aga, ọ meriri Military Cross (MC) na 1944 mgbe ọ na-alụ ọgụ nnupụisi ndị Kọmunist na Atens n'oge Agha Obodo Gris.