William Shaw is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Shaw
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4101038
Unit:
Merchant Ship Argus
Date of Death:
1814-10-17
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Shaw was a 23-year-old seaman from Philadelphia who served aboard the merchant ship Argus. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Shaw died of dropsy on October 17, 1814. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.