Roberts John

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John Roberts is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

American Prisoner of War Memorial Tablets - War of 1812

Name:

John Roberts

Rank:

Seaman

Serial Number:

4100486

Unit:

Merchant Ship Impressed

Date of Death:

1815-05-12

State:

Maryland

Cemetery:

American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England

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John Roberts was a 29-year-old seaman from Baltimore who served aboard the merchant ship Impressed. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Barracks No. 4 at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. On April 6, 1815, Roberts was shot in the thigh during the Dartmoor Prison Massacre, when British militiamen opened fire on prisoners awaiting repatriation to the United States. He later died from his wound on May 12, 1815, and was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.