Family History

[Graham Clayton]

I am trying to trace some family history regarding my Uncle, Michael Clarey who served with the SAS from the early days of the regiment. At present all I know is that he served in North Africa 1941-1943 and Yugoslavia 1943-1944.One of the foundations to the newly formed regiment was that he was a medical officer.
I would be grateful for any infomation so that I may pass on to his daughter.

Graham Clayton.

 

[geronimo]

well the best place to start is by getting hold of his records. you need to contact these people
Army Personnel Centre,
Historical Disclosures,
Mail Point 555,
Kentigern House,
65 Brown Street,
Glasgow,
G2 8EX
it will cost you ?30 and you need a copy of his death certificate and a certificate of kinship that they send you as a proof of a relationship.

then you send a copy of the records to the SAS association at this address

The Occupier
PO Box 35051
London
NW1 4WF

they will use the record to see If they have anything on record and send it to you for free.

after that its all books, kew gardens records office etc etc but I think that should get you started

other than that have a look on amazon books at various SAS books that have been written on the subject to give you clues of what to look at. I have done the first two things on this list and it helped get the search started. the rest is down to traveling about to get info and speak to people and endless hours and expense buying books

 

[Graham Clayton]

Many thanks for the information supplied, hopefully with a little hard work I may be able to get somewhere. I would not have known where to begin and again many thanks for your reply.

 

[geronimo]

you might want to try the book born of the desert. it is written by the first medical officer n the regiment. also the book stirlings men.