Mr Arthur May
Left: Arthur May
Right: His family await news (Daily Sketch).
Mr Arthur May, 23, of York St, Northam, Southampton died in the sinking. He had been married only a year and left a widow and a six week old child.
His father Arthur William May was also aboard as a Firemen's Messman. He too was lost.
May's widow Amelia and their child George Arthur William were assisted, as class G dependants, by the Manson House Titanic Relief Fund (No.182).
A memorial to Arthur May and his father was recently rediscovered in the Old Cemetary in Southampton. See the entry for Mr Arthur William May
References
The Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet
Ticehurst, B. (1995) Titanic Victims discovered in the Old Cemetary - the Common, Southampton
Daily Sketch, Monday, April 22, 1912
Acknowledgements
Chris Dohany
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Summary
Age: 24 years
Marital Status: Married.
Last Residence: at 75 York Street, Northam Southampton Hampshire England
Occupation: Fireman / Stoker
Engine crew
First Embarked: Southampton
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered
Other Information
Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund : Arthur May
Minute Book of the White Star Company