All 37 British Royal Navy sailors were killed. In the following days, the bodies of four sailors washed ashore on Ocracoke Island and were buried in local cemetery plots by residents.

Though far from home, the people of Ocracoke offered a final resting place with dignity and honor. A small plot of land was donated, and the four sailors were buried beneath the Union Jack. The site …

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Mar 28, 2009 · Map of Eighty-one Identified Cemeteries on Ocracoke Island: Our island cemeteries are a rich resource for local history, genealogy, and other family information.

In the following days, the bodies of four sailors washed ashore on Ocracoke Island and were buried by local residents in community cemetery plots. The four sailors were later reinterred in the current plot, …

Once on the Island, the British Cemetery is in the village center, right next to the town's cemetery. The annual memorial ceremony for the sailors is on May 11th. There is another British...

All bodies are identified as members of the crew of "HMS Bedfordshire" which disappeared with all aboard enroute from Norfolk to Morehead City, its temporary "home" port. Rites at Ocracoke were …

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Today, the neighboring US Coast Guard carefully maintains and preserves the Ocracoke British Cemetery, while the Buxton British Cemetery is protected by the National Park Service, also located …

Over the next few days, island residents discovered four of the crewmen’s bodies on the beach and in surrounding waters. The people of Ocracoke arranged for a fitting burial in a small cemetery under …