When you mentioned that you had a Drill Instructor by the name of Cpl P J Phelps (Peter J Phelps) who was a Brit. This same P J Phelps was the NCOIC of the recruiting station where I enlisted. When I returned from boot camp I stopped by to say hello, but Phelps was now 1st Sgt Phelps, and was transferred, so I never saw him again. It is a small Marine Corps. Oh yes that was in Dec 1976.