Francis Romel is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Francis Romel
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4100829
Unit:
Merchant Ship Chesapeake
Date of Death:
1815-02-07
State:
Florida
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Francis Romel was a 26-year-old seaman from St. Sebastian who served aboard the merchant ship Chesapeake. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Rmel died of smallpox (variola) on February 7, 1815. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.