George Ingouville was born at St. Saviour,
Jersey Channel Islands. He was 28 years old, and a
Captain of the Mast in the
Royal Navy during the
Crimean War. On 13 July 1855 at the
Fort of Viborg in the Gulf of
Finland, while the boats of 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 lieutenant of the Royal Marine Artillery (
George Dare Dowell) came to his assistance, when with three volunteers, he took off the crew from the cutter, rescued Ingouville from the water and then towed the stricken boat out of gun range. Ingouville Place in
Saint Helier in Jersey, is named after him.
Citation The citation reads: Ingouville's VC can be seen in the Maritime Museum on the New North Quay in
St Helier,
Jersey. ==References==