Arthur Wood (Royal Navy officer)

Rear Admiral Arthur Edmund Wood CMG (23 February 1875 – 30 January 1961) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

Arthur Edmund Wood
Born23 February 1875
Winchfield, Hampshire, England
Died30 January 1961(1961-01-30) (aged 85)
Ryton, County Durham, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1896–1926
RankRear admiral
Commands heldHMS Apollo (1917–1919)
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsOrder of St Michael and St George

Life

He was born in February 1875 at Winchfield, Hampshire, the son of Arthur Hardy Wood of Duddleswell Manor, Sussex.[1] His mother was Annis Matilda Hardy, daughter of Charles Hardy of Chilham Castle, Kent.[2]

Wood attended the Britannia Royal Naval College, graduating into the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant in December 1896,[3] with promotion to commander following in December 1907.[4] Wood made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy Cricket Club against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1912.[5] He captained the Royal Navy during the match, scoring 16 runs and failing to take a wicket.[6] He served in the First World War, during which he was promoted to captain in December 1915 and served in the latter stages of the war as captain of HMS Apollo.[7] Wood was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1919 New Year Honours.[8] He was placed on the retired list at his own request in June 1922,[9] with promotion to rear admiral coming while on the retired list in August 1926.[10] He was deemed unfit for service during the Second World War and later died in January 1961 at Ryton, County Durham.

Family

Wood married in 1924 Ruth Avril Johnston (died 1957).[1]

References
  1. Kelly's (1961). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 2134.
  2. Burke, Bernard (1879). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1781.
  3. "No. 26809". The London Gazette. 1 January 1897. p. 4.
  4. "No. 28096". The London Gazette. 3 January 1908. p. 34.
  5. "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Wood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  6. "Army v Royal Navy, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  7. "No. 29423". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1915. p. 90.
  8. "No. 31099". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 109.
  9. "No. 32728". The London Gazette. 11 July 1922. p. 5201.
  10. "No. 33192". The London Gazette. 17 August 1926. p. 5443.
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