William Gibson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Gibson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4403981
Unit:
Merchant Ship Rattlesnake
Date of Death:
1815-10-22
State:
New York
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Gibson was a 22-year-old seaman from New York who served aboard the merchant ship Rattlesnake. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Gibson died on October 22, 1815, with pneumonia recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.