Phelps Walter Frederick Gunner 868879
Personnel Entry
Name Phelps Walter Frederick
Army number 868879
Rank Gunner
Decorations None yet known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. Died 29/8/1945.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions No details yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 29/8/1945. Interred initially at Brambauer, Germany, map reference 795338, then re-buried on 26/6/1947 in Grave 59. K. 12. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. No headstone inscription.
Home address No family information in CWGC records.
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Thanks are due to the Find A Grave Website for the image of Gunner Phelps' headstone.
