Grandads history

Discussion in 'User Introductions' started by jhil, Aug 11, 2010.

  1. jhil

    jhil Junior Member

    Hello....unfortunately my grandad passed away before I was old enough to really pay much attention to what he...and so many others did...and what WW2 meant to him. I'm trying to discover a little of where he went and what he did and hope that someone on this forum might be abe to point me in the right direction. I believe he was LRDG and 2nd SAS although he never talked about it. His name was Robert Hildage, a broad Scotsman from Balloch or Glasgow. I understand that he spent some time in N Africa and also repeatedly parachuted over Northern Europe and Italy specifically. Sorry not much to go on but any pointers would be much appreciated.
    J.:unsure:
     
  2. pamela

    pamela Junior Member

    Hi, welcome to the forum. I'm new here too, lots of helpful people here, hopefully someone will be able to point you in the right direction.

    Pam
     
  3. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    welcome to the forum

    Cheers
    Paul
     
  4. Steve Newman

    Steve Newman Member

    Hi J.

    The first thing you can do taht would really help is to see if you can get some more info on his original regiment, service number and anything that will help identify him more easily. From there as a relative you can request his army documents, which sometimes can add an enormous amount and other times are pretty sparse.

    Once you know more about him posting a thread with his exact unit may well attract a specialist on that unit who can provide you a lot more detail on when and where he was likely to have been

    Hope that helps a bit
    Steve
     
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  5. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    Hello and welcome to the forum, good luck with your research

    Regards
    Peter
     
  6. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Hello and welcome to the forum.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  7. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

  8. Tom Canning

    Tom Canning WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    jhil
    If he was in fact in 2nd SAS - then he came under the Command of Major Roy Farran, DSO and three Mc's - if you were to seach for his Obituary in the Telegraph- and discount his early history to the point of his escape from Crete - then you will outline what your Gfather did in that unit...it is a wonderful succesful and exciting time they had ......some other poster on here also served in 2nd SAS - so he might click on for you..
    Cheers
     
  9. Tom Canning

    Tom Canning WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Jhil

    here is the obitutory for Major Roy Farran - you can pick up your Gfathers part when Farran joined the SAS in Algiers.....you can be proud of anyone who served with him....
    Cheers

    Major Roy Farran - Telegraph

    Cheers
     
  10. Kieron Hill

    Kieron Hill Senior Member

    Hi and welcome to the forum as already suggested
    his serviced record will be of a huge help and will
    open up your research so much.

    Regards
    Kieron
     

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