June 1966.
Footage of Brigadier Anthony Farrar-Hockley, the Commander of the 16th Parachute Brigade of the British Army, being interviewed about the court martial of several Paratroopers for refusing to jump during "Operation Lifeline", a combined forces military exercise in April 1966.
Brigadier Farrar-Hockley responds to the inquiry of whether a paratrooper's "Jib" or refusal to jump is the difference between "cowardice and courage". He also explains why the particular sanction of 84 days detention was justified.
Source: Credit: ITN News via Google Images.
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Anthony Farrar-Hockley fought in a series of key military engagements from the time of his enlistment during World War II (it was orginally revoked because he joined the army when under-aged after running away from home) to the counter-insurgency operation in Aden. He also held several command posts including serving as Commander-in-Chief of NATO's Allied Forces Northern Europe.
He won the DSO when a Captain during the Korean War. He spent 2 years as a PoW during that war. He later added a Bar to his DSO for his role during the Aden crisis.
He retired with the rank of General in 1982 and died in 2006.
Known as "Farrar the Para", Farrar-Hockley was a noted military historian.
