John Polland is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
John Polland
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405052
Unit:
Merchant Ship Ida
Date of Death:
1814-11-23
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Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Polland was a 27-year-old seaman from Brazil who served aboard the merchant ship Ida. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Polland died on November 23, 1814, with pneumonia recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.