THE SAS camp will fall silent today (Thursday) for the funeral service of a soldier who died in a hit-and-run accident in the USA.

Greg Symonds had just completed several weeks of training when he suffered “significant” head injuries after being hit by a car in Santa Monica, California.

The father-of-two, who was described as a “superhero” by his friends, was on duty with the Parachute Regiment in the country.

Many military colleagues are expected to attend today’s memorial service at the Credenhill camp.

My Symonds, who was originally from Torfaen in Monmouthsire, was married to Tamsin and the couple had two children.

More than £7,000 has been donated to a fund to offer financial support to the soldier’s family via a GoFundMe page set up by family friend Kyle Burrows.

Paying tribute to his friend, Mr Burrows wrote on the page: “In loving memory of Greg, a wonderful father – a true super hero to his two children Bodhi and Bronte.

“A brother, a superhero of a husband to Tamsin and our real life superhero.

“We have been inundated with requests to send flowers but we thought what might be best is this which will be put towards creating happy memories for his two children as that is what he would have wanted or any bereavement and counselling that may help with this devastating loss.”

Lt. Saul Rodriguez, from the Santa Monica Police Department, confirmed the death of Mr Symonds and said that local police are continuing to investigate the incident.

He said: “An arrest has not been made in the incident and the case is on-going. Traffic Division Investigators are working any and all possible leads in the matter.”

To donate to the appeal, visit http://tinyurl.com/ls7gf7h