William Fernald is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Fernald
Rank:
Prize Master
Serial Number:
4506112
Unit:
Merchant Ship Garland
Date of Death:
1815-01-23
State:
Maine
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Fernald was a 24-year-old prize master who served aboard the merchant ship Garland. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Fernold died on January 23, 1815, with febris recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.