Early Life
Farran was born on 2 January 1921, either in Purley, Surrey, or in India, to a family of Irish Roman Catholics. His father was a Warrant Officer in the Royal Air Force. He was educated in India at the Bishop Cotton School in the city of Simla, and then at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. After graduating from Sandhurst, Farran was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) and sent to the 51st Training Regiment.
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