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VC66 Hugh Talbot Burgoyne
BORN 17 July 1833
DIED 7 September 1870 AGE 37
VC Won 29 May 1855 AGE 21
Place VC Won Sea of Azov
War/Campaign Crimean War
Name Hugh Talbot Burgoyne No.
VC Issue No. 66 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Place Of Death Bay of Biscay, off Finisterre
Buried/Location Ashes Lost at sea in Bay of Biscay off Finisterre, Spain
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 24 February 1857
VC Presented 26 June 1857 by Queen Victoria at Hyde Park, London, England
Memorials
P Named on family grave at East terrace, Brompton Cemetery, London
P Named on the HMS 'Captain' Memorial St Paul's Cathedral, London
Named on plaque at Westminster Abbey, London
Memorial plaque & window in St Ann's Church, Plymouth Dockyard, Hampshire
By The Way…
Drowned when HMS 'Captain' capsized in storms. The VC lost with the ship
VC Held By
A copy was commissioned by the family but its whereabouts are not known
With 65 Buckley and 67 Robarts, landed on a beach near Genitchi and set fire to stores and ammunition destined for Sebastopol. An early commando raid.
