Henry William Phelps – Royal Artillery, 305 Battery, 98 Light Anti‑Aircraft Regiment

Serjeant Henry William Phelps – Royal Artillery, 305 Battery, 98 Light Anti‑Aircraft Regiment

Life and Background

Little is known about Henry William Phelps beyond his wartime service. No surviving official records provide details of his early life, family background, or civilian occupation, leaving his military documentation and burial entry as the only traces of his story.

Military Service

Henry served as a Serjeant with the Royal Artillery, attached to 305 Battery, 98 Light Anti‑Aircraft Regiment. Units of this type were responsible for defending military installations, industrial centres, and vulnerable coastal regions from enemy air attack during the Second World War. His rank indicates experience and responsibility within a regiment that played a vital role in Britain’s home defence network.

Henry William Phelps
Morriston Cemetery
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Death and Burial

Henry died on 29 January 1943, during the height of the war’s home‑front operations. He was laid to rest at Morriston Cemetery, where his grave stands among Swansea’s wartime burials. Though few personal records survive, his service and sacrifice remain preserved in the cemetery’s roll of honour.