William Beck is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Beck
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201934
Unit:
Merchant Ship Royal William
Date of Death:
1815-01-18
State:
New Hampshire
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Beck was a 50-year-old seaman from Portsmouth who served aboard the merchant ship Royal William. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Beck died on January 18, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.