British Paratroopers on Comrades Who Refuse to Jump | Brigadier Farrar-Hockley Speaks | June 1966

June 1966.

Footage of soldiers of the 16th Parachute Brigade of the British Army speaking about colleagues who refuse to jump.

The Brigade commander, Brigadier Anthony Farrar-Hockley speaks of the deaths of paratroopers possibly being a factor in men refusing to jump and the difficulty of pinning down what it is that makes men refuse to jump.

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Note:

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.