Thnakyou for your query on Richard Glue, by my records I photographed his grave back in 2005. His death I’m afraid had nothing to do with the air raids on Pembroke Dock of 1940 and the most important that of May 11th-12th of 1941. To date I have a database of some 112 people with a Pembrokeshire connection who died in air raids in the U.K. and Middle East, Richard does not feature in that database.
Richard died peacefully in his sleep on the 10th May 1943 aged 58 yrs, at Tenby since as I understand it Major & Mrs Evelyn Glue had resided at “Astoria” Serpentine Rd Tenby since 1942.
CWGC show Major (Quarter Master) Glue of the Royal Engineers service nbr 39029 son of Richard and Frances Glue
My research notes show ; Born at Dover in 1885 and mrd in Kent in 1907 to Evelyn Daisy nee’ Johns. This is a pvte headstone, placed under the options offered to next of kin by W.O. for war burials in the U.K. He was the officer responsible for the Military Cemetery at P.D. 15 Aug 1940 Major Glue R.E. was congratulated on the splendid condition of the military cemetery at Pembroke Dock. He was a Captain in 1937 when he sent flowers to the funeral of Benjamin Joseph Collier who was buried at Llanion in plot nbr T. 382. CWGC say that he was the son of Richard & Francis Glue, I believe this may be in error and that in fact he was the son of Richard and Alice Glue nee’ Francies who married in Dover in 1883.
On my project on worldwide related Pembrokeshire Military Headstones currently covering the years of 1711 to 2010, I do not touch or go near Town/Village War Memorials, due to the amount of errors and omissions these and the CWGC database contain, which is then perpetuated by those who use such information without doing their own full personal research.
I trust the above is of assistance to your research.
Rgds
Orielbenfro
