Sir Arthur Patrick Hockaday, KCB,

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(17 March 1926 – 21 August 2004) was an English civil servant. Educated at

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, he entered the civil service in 1949 as an

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official. Between 1962 and 1965, he was private secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence. He was then seconded to NATO before returning to the

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in 1969 and then serving in the

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from 1972 to 1973, when he was appointed deputy secretary for policy at the Ministry of Defence. He was then

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from 1976 to 1982. From 1982 to 1989, he was Director-General of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission."Sir Harold Parker"
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hockaday, Arthur 1926 births 2004 deaths English civil servants Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George