Major Malet Peyton Phelps was born in 1869 to Lieutenant General Arthur Phelps of Edgbaston, Birmingham. Lieutenant General Arthur Phelps had a distinguished military career, including serving under Lord Ripon.
Malet Peyton Phelps followed in his father’s footsteps and in his own right, had a distinguished military career serving as the Senior Major, the second-most senior officer, in the Sherwood Foresters 1st Battalion in 1911. During the outbreak of World War I, through various reorganizations, the Sherwood Foresters could be found on the Western Front, Malta, and Egypt. Fortunately, Major Malet Peyton Phelps survived the great war and lived until 1951, when he passed away at the age of 82.
