Individual Summary for Allen Glew
23 Apr 2000
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Event
Date(s)
Place
Description
Born
1
10 Mar 1872
, East Wittering, West Sussex, UK 
Christened
2
7 Apr 1872
, Earnley, West Sussex, UK 
Died
3
3 May 1957
Cawley Rd, Chichester, WS, UK 
Buried
4
8 May 1957
Church Norton, Selsey, WS, UK 
Nickname: 
AKA: 
Married Name: 
Sex:
M
ID:
47
AFN:
Created:
4 Sep 1999
Last Changed: 3 Oct 1999
Parents
Father
Mother
Isaac Glew
Charlotte Steer
Marriages
Spouse
Marriage Date/Place
5 Jul 1896
St Peter's Ch, Sidlesham, West Sussex, UK
Rosa Harding
5
Notes
Allen was born on 10 Mar 1872 in the parish of Earnley, he was christened the following month on 7 Apr in the name of Alan Glew; his christian 
name was certainly mis-spelled as he was always known as Allen although the spelling is ocassionally Allan. I also suspect his surname may have 
been mis-spelled at the time of his baptism as his father, although baptized Glew, was married and buried as Glue and his 3 older siblings were 
baptized Glue with the 2 not surviving infancy being buried as Glue! He was brought up in the Manhood peninsula; his parents appear in the 1871 
census for East Wittering as living on the Birdham & Earnley Rd and then in the 1881 census living on Hatcher's Farm, Sidlesham - both entries 
record Allen's father as an agricultural labourer. He had an older brother, Thomas, who was almost 7 years older. In 1881 Allen's father died, Uncle 
Jack told me he died from being kicked by a horse. His mother, Charlotte, remarried in 1884 when Allen was in his 14th year. On 19 Mar 1889 when 
he was 17 he joined the Royal Navy, he may have been under age as he put his age on 2 years. On 5 Jul 1896 he married Ros(in)a Harding in the 
parish of Sidlesham, his occupation being recorded as 'Sailor'. Both he and Rosa signed the marriage register in their own hands. At the time of his 
marriage he was still 'unsure' of his age as his marriage entry in the parish record shows him to be just 1 year younger than Rosa whereas he was 
actually 2 yrs 5 mths younger than her. He was probably based in Portsmouth at the time of his marriage as that's where he and Rosa made their first 
home with their 1st child, Sidney, being born the following year in 1897 followed by Dudley John in 1901 and Percy Thomas in 1902. All 3 were 
christened in Sidlesham where the parish record notes their address as Portsmouth, with the latter 2 having their address specifically stated as 159 
Clive Rd, Fratton. The house still stands today. Allen initially spent 22 years in the Navy being discharged to the reserves on 19 Mar 1911, however, 
he was called up for World War I on 2 Aug 1914 when aged  42 and served a further 5 years being finally demobilized on 19 Aug 1919. When he 
was initially discharged in 1911 he and Rosa took a pub in South Ambersham near Midhurst called 'The Old House At Home', it was converted to a 
private house in 1953 and had its name shortened to 'The Old House' by the present occupants when they took up residence in 1980. It's also now a 
grade 2 listed building. Allen and Rosa then took the 'Royal Oak' also just outside Midhurst on the A286 Chichester Road. When Allen was recalled 
to the Navy in 1914 Uncle Jack told Dad that his mother had tried to keep the pub going after Allen had gone back to sea but found it too hard, 
however, Uncle Reg told me that Rosa was not allowed to keep the pub once Allen had gone. Whatever was actually the case, Rosa and her 3 sons 
then moved to Selsey where they bought a house in Forester's Villas, East Rd. When Allen was finally discharged in 1919 they bought 'Sunnyside', a 
double fronted, detached house also in East Rd, next to the school, which they may have run as a boarding house. They then let Sunnyside and moved 
to Westbourne where they had a sweet shop/tearoom, this would be in the late 1920's. Aunty Winnie remembers her father cycling from Selsey to 
Westboure to visit his parents taking her and Ted on the bicycle with him, she being about 6 at the time. The tearooms though didn't do too well so 
they moved back to Selsey and ran Sunnyside as a guest house. Dad remembers his grandparents selling Sunnyside for 700 pounds and for the same 
amount buying 2 houses, 'Fernbank' across the road from Sunnyside at 42 East Rd and 'Hollybank' next door at 44 East Rd. They then sold 
'Hollybank' for 700 pounds!  Dad remembers his grandfather being a caretaker at the Westminster Bank in Selsey but it's not known when, he was 
also a member of the Masons, probably introduced during his naval career. Allen died on 3 May 1957 in a nursing home at Cawley Rd, Chichester 
aged 85 and was buried at Church Norton cemetery 5 days later on the 8th. His property and effects were to be shared equally between his 3 sons 
with a small bequeath to his great-grandchildren, Dawn and Alan. His will was probated and a registered copy has been located at Somerset House. 
Uncle Jack told me in Dec 91 that his father had changed the family name from GLUE to GLEW, although this seems unlikely from his baptism 
record it's quite possible, unfortunately the name he used on entering the Navy cannot be discerned from his Naval Record. Allen was my Great 
Grandfather. His gravestone inscription reads:
   IN / AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF / MY BELOVED WIFE / ROSA GLEW /
   WHO FELL ASLEEP / 26TH JANUARY 1947 / AGED 77 YEARS / AT REST /
   AND HER HUSBAND / ALLEN GLEW / WHO FELL ASLEEP / 3RD MAY 1957 /
   AGED 85 YEARS

Individual Summary for Allen Glew
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Notes (Continued)
[Note: Forester's Villas are a block of 3 houses, numbers 24, 26 & 28 East Rd, Selsey. It's not known which one Allen & Rosa bought]
Sources
1. 
Naval Record.
2. 
Earnley Parish Baptism Register, MF750, PAR72/1/2/1, Page 45, Entry 358, 1813/1885, WSRO, Chichester.
3. 
Monumental Inscription.
4. 
Selsey Parish Burial Register, MF1249, PAR166/1/5/4, Frame 009114, Page 38, Entry 302, 1948/1969, WSRO, Chichester.
5. 
Sidlesham Parish Marriage Register, MF1249, PAR173/1/3/2, Frame 009956, Page 162, Entry 323, 1875/1927, WSRO, Chichester.