Plymouth death 1855

[julkes]

Where do you think a Russian called Nekitou ANTONOFF could have been buried? Died in Plymouth in 1855.
Any additional information is welcome

[[Ray]]

Hi
"could" ?
Russian Sailor, dies Plymouth, buried at sea?
What else do you know about him?

Ray

[julkes]

Thanks!
I did not know he was a sailor, just a name.
How do you know he was a sailor? I can''t find anything

[hanes teulu]

FindMyPast has burial (transcription) of-
Nekita Antonoff at Ford Park Cemetery, age 23, bur 5 Feb 1855, residence War Prisons, grave type "Common".

[julkes]

Wow, Thank you so much!!!

[hanes teulu]

West Sussex Gazette, 15 Jan 1855

re. "residence "War Prison""

" ... at Millbay Prison, Plymouth, where a number of Russian prisoners are also confined" 

[julkes]

I wonder if there is a list of those Russians. So this is the Crimean war. But why did they end up in Plymouth? Why would British take prisoners to the UK?

[hanes teulu]

The Sun (London), 8 Oct 1854
THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS
Four Russian officers and two ladies, 365 soldiers, seven women and two children, who arrived in the Nile steamer from Sheerness, were landed at Plymouth yesterday, and taken on to the Millbay prison.

It also mentions the "... Russian prison ships ..." at Sheerness and another batch of prisoners being taken on board by the Preussischer Adler , bound for Plymouth.

[julkes]

'two ladies and seven women'...
priceless