French P.O.W from the Napoleonic war who died while on parole in Ashburton, aged 22, in 1817.The tree behind the headstone is said to be from a cutting off the willow tree on St. Helena where Napoleon was buried. However, a quick search on the Internet will reveal that virtually every willow tree in the world came from this source.
Sr. Andrews, Ashburton.
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