George West is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
George West
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4202094
Unit:
Merchant Ship Malta
Date of Death:
1815-01-27
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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George West was a 24-year-old seaman from Baltimore who served aboard the merchant ship Malta. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. West died on January 27, 1815, with no cause of death recorded. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.