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William Braine grave

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William Braine

William Braine (1814 — 3 April 1846) was an explorer. Braine served as a marine in the Royal Marines. He was part of an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, but he died early in the trip and was buried on Beechey Island. His preserved body was exhumed in 1984, to try to determine the cause of death.

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