William Saunders is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Saunders
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4100218
Unit:
Merchant Ship Mars
Date of Death:
1814-01-16
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
William Saunders was a 19-year-old seaman from Baltimore who served aboard the merchant ship Mars. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Saunders died of pneumonia on January 16, 1814. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.