Lieutenant Hugh Talbot Burgoyne, RN, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Burgoyne was a 21-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant, serving in the Crimean War when he performed the following deed for which he was awarded the VC.
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On 29 May1855 in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Lieutenant Burgoyne of HMS Swallow, with a lieutenant (Cecil William Buckley) from HMS Miranda and a gunner (John Robarts) from HMS Ardent, volunteered to land at a beach where the Russian army were in strength. They were out of covering gunshot range of the ships offshore and met considerable enemy opposition, but managed to set fire to corn stores and ammunition dumps and destroy enemy equipment before embarking again.
Lieutenant HughTalbotBurgoyne, RN ( 1833 - 7 September 1870), was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Burgoyne was a 21-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant, serving in the Crimean War when he performed the following deed for which he was awarded the VC.
On 29 May1855 in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Lieutenant Burgoyne of HMS Swallow, with a lieutenant ( Cecil William Buckley) from HMS Miranda and a gunner ( John Robarts) from HMS Ardent, volunteered to land at a beach where the Russian army were in strength.
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