William Thomson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Thomson
Rank:
Cook
Serial Number:
4100953
Unit:
Merchant Ship Siro
Date of Death:
1815-04-18
State:
Haiti
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Thomson was a 25-year-old cook from Port-au-Prince who served aboard the merchant ship Siro. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Thomson died of smallpox (variola) on April 18, 1815. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.