Arthur Manley - Survivor , SS Trewellard , HX84
Completed in 1936 as Trewellard for The Hain Steamship Company Ltd.
Part of convoy HX84 from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool with 7,800 tons of
steel and 12 aircraft , she was shelled and sunk by the German raider
Admiral Scheer south-east of Greenland (S52°26'N-32°34'W). 16 crew
members were lost, while 25 survivors in three boats were picked up by the
steamship Gloucester City.
Newspaper article celebrating the safe return of survivors. Arthur Manley is
in the back, wearing a trilby.
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Arthur
Manley was a survivor from Trewellard. Crewman Manley was in the British
Merchant Navy, and he served as an Able Seaman and a gunner on
Trewellard. 16 men were killed, though Manley was one of the 25 men
picked up by Gloucester City & taken to Newfoundland.
Arthur Manley was born on 11 March, 1920, and he died in 1992 aged 72 years of
age. Arthur was the youngest of 6 x children born to Stephen Manley (born West
Derby in 1892) & Lena Maud Manley (nee McDonald) - (born West Derby in
1894) and they married in West Derby, Liverpool, England in 1913. Arthur's
siblings were Lena M. Manley (born 1914); Robert C. Manley (born 1915);
Florence Manley (born 1916); Stephen Manley (born 1917); Agnes Manley (born
1918.) - all in West Derby, Liverpool.
Arthur joined the Merchant Navy at 15 and left just after the war aged 29 where
he returned to Liverpool and worked as a boiler man in the food processing
industry until he retired.
Arthur Manley married Irene Moran after WW2 ended, in West Derby, Liverpool in
1947. The couple went on to have 2 x sons - Peter A. Manley (born Liverpool
North in 1949), and Roy Manley (born Liverpool South in 1956.)
He died aged 72 after a long battle with cancer, and his ashes were scattered
over the Mersey River. During his later years he ran several amateur football
teams where his passion for hats and country music earned him the nickname
"Tex".
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