[2] While in Eastbourne he joined the White Star Line musicians, playing on transatlantic ships.

On 10 April 1912, he boarded the RMS Titanic at Southampton for her maiden Transatlantic voyage.

Five days later, on 15 April 1912, the ship hit an iceberg and he and the other musicians famously continued to play as the Titanic sank.

All members of the band, including his friend Jock Hume, drowned, and the body of Wesley Woodward was never recovered.

A memorial plaque was erected to Woodward on the promenade in Eastbourne depicting the Titanic as it sank.