William Meads is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Meads
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4303271
Unit:
Merchant Ship Snapdragon
Date of Death:
1815-07-24
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Meads was a 20-year-old seaman from North Carolina who served aboard the merchant ship Snapdragon. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Meads died on July 24, 1815, with amassaca recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.