Individual Summary for Dudley John Glew
23 Apr 2000
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Event
Date(s)
Place
Description
Born
1
2 Jan 1901
Clive Rd, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK 
Christened
2
3 Feb 1901
St Mary's Ch, Sidlesham, WS, UK 
Died
10 Dec 1994
St Richard's Hos, Chichester, WS, UK 
Buried
Church Norton, Selsey, WS, UK 
Nickname: 
AKA: 
Married Name: 
Sex:
M
ID:
50
AFN:
Created:
25 Sep 1999
Last Changed: 23 Dec 1999
Parents
Father
Mother
Allen Glew
Rosa Harding
Marriages
Spouse
Marriage Date/Place
18 Sep 1930
St Peter's Ch, Selsey, West Sussex, UK
Annie Winifred Beatrice Milford
3
Notes
Dudley John was known by all throughout his life as Jack (the diminutive form of John). He was christened in the parish of Sidlesham on 3 Feb 1901,
 being born on the 2nd of the previous month. His baptism entry in the parish register shows his parents address at the time as 159 Clive Rd, Fratton -
 his father at the time was in the Royal Navy and was stationed at Portsmouth. He married later than his brothers when aged 29 having first met his 
wife to be some years before this but when she left Selsey to work in London they lost touch. A number of years later she was visiting her parents in 
the West Ashling area and visited a tea-room in Westbourne run by Rosa Glew; Annie remarked that she once knew a Jack Glew from Selsey and of 
course Rosa was Jack's mother, the relationship was rekindled and on 18 Sep 1930 Annie Winifred Beatrice Milford and Dudley John Glew where 
married at the parish church of St Peter in Selsey. During WWI he was in the Army being stationed at Berengaria in Cyprus; he was too old to be 
called up at the start of WWII but volunteered for the RAF. Throughout his life he has worked eitherffor himself or for his brother Percy as a painter 
and decorator. As a favour to his brother, Percy would not put the full amount of Jack's wages on his payslip, this enabled Jack to take out his beer 
money before handing over his wages to Win. Due to this Aunt Win was always under the impession that her husband was underpaid and that her 
brother-in-law was mean! When he first married he lived in 'Ironclad Cottage' in Elm Grove (now the site of 'Camellias') which he rented until 1933 
when he moved into 'Elmcroft' at 7 Elm Grove which his father had helped with the purchase or building of either by giving him the ground or a sum 
towards the cost of building. He lived there until his death; Aunt Win continues to live in the house which has changed very little in 63 years. Jack 
was Dad's favourite uncle, he remembers well his antics when he came to collect Aunty Win when she 'did' for Nan when both Roy and Reg were 
born. Dad also discovered days before his uncle died in hospital that his name was in fact Dudley John! He told Dad shortly before he died that he 
was not favoured by his father being the middle son, however, he said he had great respect for him as he joined the Navy barely able to write his 
name and rose to the rank of Chief Stoker. He died in St Richard's Hospital in Chichester on 10 Dec 1994 shortly before his 94th birthday. He is 
buried at Church Norton cemetery. Jack was my Granduncle. His gravestone inscription reads: 
   IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / A DEAR HUSBAND / DUDLEY JOHN GLEW /
   (JACK) / 1901-1994 / GOD BE WITH YOU / TILL WE MEET AGAIN
Sources
1. 
Selsey Parish Baptism Register, MF1249, PAR173/1/2/2, Frame 009817, Page 122, 1876/1942, WSRO, Chichester.
2. 
Sidlesham Parish Baptism Register, MF1249, PAR173/1/2/2, Frame 009817, Page 122, 1876/1942, WSRO, Chichester.
3. 
Selsey Parish Marriage Register, MF1247, PAR166/1/3/4, Frame 008234, Page 10, Entry 20, 1926/1937, WSRO, Chichester.