Arthur Wood, 37, was a British national sailed aboard Lusitania‘s last voyage and was lost in the sinking. According to the New York Times, Wood was a theatrical manager, but the same article had also reported that Wood had cancelled passage. Since the list of recovered victims includes Wood’s name on it, this may be a case of mistaken or conflated identity.
Wood’s ticket number was 46110. His cabin was B-17.
The New York Times relates that Wood’s friends had sent cables to dissuade him from sailing. He would have been traveling with business friend, Walter Moore, who does not appear on the passenger list. Incidentally, Woods, along with Charles Klein, had also been booked to sail on the Titanic‘s disastrous maiden voyage but had cancelled at the last minute.
Per the list of interments at Cobh, Mr. Arthur S. Wood was body #126, male, 1st Class passenger, Common Grave C.
Contributors:
Judith Tavares
Hi – Al Woods, friend of Walter Moore (my Grandfather) was not on the Lusitania– there is a obit for him in the NYT in the 1950s. I can find it if you wish. John Moore Wiecha
More on this, see page 172 of this book
https://ia600303.us.archive.org/12/items/cu31924006692796/cu31924006692796.pdf
I beleive that Arthur Wood was the son and salesman of Arthur Wood pottery in Stoke on Trent. My great Aunt who was his niece told me of his tragic death aboard the ship and that his body was buried in Ireland
His parents are buried in St Margaret’s churchyard, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire; Arthur’s name is inscribed on their gravestone.
I have a photograph of a newspaper clipping featuring the father of Arthur Wood and detailing his sons demise on board the ship, however I am unable to paste into this reply, if anyone could kindly advise how I can cascade this information I would be grateful