![]() ![]() He subsequently emigrated to Durban, Natal Province in the Union of South Africa where he later managed safaris and became a soldier-for-hire in various African countries. Hoare found life in London boring and decided to move to South Africa. ![]() Īfter the war, he completed his training as a chartered accountant, qualifying in 1948. A short man, Hoare was described by those who knew him as "dapper" and "charming". In 1945, he married Elizabeth Stott in New Delhi, by whom he had three children. Aged 20 he joined the London Irish Rifles at the beginning of the Second World War, later he then joined the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps as a 2nd lieutenant and fought in the Arakan Campaign in Burma and at the Battle of Kohima in India. Hoare's childhood hero was Sir Francis Drake. At the age of eight he was sent to school in England to Margate College and then commenced training for accountancy and, as he was not able to attend Sandhurst, he joined the Territorial Army. Hoare was born on Saint Patrick's Day in India in Calcutta to Irish parents. Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare (17 March 1919 – 2 February 2020) was an Irish British army officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion and was involved in carrying out the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt. ![]()
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