Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Major P. J. L. Phelps, 5th (Royal Inniskilling) Dragoon Guards, who served on Intelligence duty in Burma during the Second War; with the Tochi Scouts post War; with the 5th Dragoon Guards in Korea; and with the 43rd Gurkha Brigade in Malaya

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Capt. P. J. L. Phelps, 5th D.G.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus, G.VI.R. (Major P. J. L. Phelps 5. D.G.) second clasp unofficially attached, mounted as worn, generally good very fine or better (7) £400-£500

Patrick Joseph Lecky Phelps was born in July 1921. At the outbreak of the Second War, he served in the ranks, before receiving an Emergency Commission into the Indian Army in July 1941. Serving with the 5th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, 1941, PAIFORCE, 1941-43 and Burma from 1943, his Army List entry notes he was on Intelligence duty 1942-4. Post war he served with the Tochi Scouts, 1946-48, before transferring to the 5th Dragoon Guards in 1948. He served as Second in Command of ‘B’ Squadron from 1949, the same position in HQ Squadron in 1950, and Adjutant in 1951. The regiment served in the Korean War from late 1951 and of particular note is the part the regiment played in the Battle of ‘The Hook’ in November 1952. A November 1953 list of 5th Dragoon Guards Officers notes he was now attached to R.A.C. Depot, having lately been G502, H.Q., 43rd Gurkha Brigade in Malaya. He was given the rank of Honorary Major in 1955 and then transferred to the Royal Air Force Police, from whom he retired in 1962.