Benjamin Babb is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Benjamin Babb
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201922
Unit:
Merchant Ship Victory
Date of Death:
1815-01-29
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Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Benjamin Babb was a 34-year-old seaman from England who served aboard the merchant ship Victory. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Babb died on January 29, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.