Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

S.S. MANCHESTER BRIGADE (Manchester)  -  WW2

S.S. Manchester Brigade was a 6,021 GRT steam cargo ship that was sunk on 26 September 1940 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-137.

Sailor Walter Lecky ROBERTS
Merchant Navy
Died 27-9-1940, aged 51years
Son of Walter & Annie Ivy Roberts, nephew of Lilian Ross, Quakers Hill, N.S.W.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 67
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll