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George Ingouville

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were engaged with the enemy's gun-boats and batteries off Viborg, her second cutter was swamped by the blowing up of her magazine, and drifted under a battery. Notwithstanding that he was wounded in the arm, and that the boat was under a very heavy fire, Ingouville, without any order to do so, jumped
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were engaged with the enemy, her second cutter was swamped by the blowing up of her magazine and drifted inshore under enemy guns. Captain of the Mast Ingouville, although wounded, jumped overboard, swam round to the boat's bows, took hold of the painter and tried to turn the cutter out to sea. A
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overboard, caught hold of her painter, and saved her. (Despatch from Captain
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Ingouville's VC can be seen in the Maritime Museum on the New North Quay in
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Saint Saviour, Jersey
Royal Navy
Captain of the Mast
HMS Arrogant
Crimean War
Victoria Cross
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
VC
CGM
Royal Navy
Victoria Cross
Commonwealth
Jersey
Channel Islands
Captain of the Mast
Royal Navy
Crimean War
Fort of Viborg
Finland
HMS Arrogant
George Dare Dowell
Saint Helier
Yelverton
St Helier
Jersey
"No. 21971"
The London Gazette
"No. 21749"
The London Gazette

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