George Dare Dowell, VC (15 February 1831 – 3 August 1910) was a Royal Marines officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He took up three of the crew, and having rescued the rest and also the Captain of the Mast (George Ingouville), he then towed the stricken boat out of enemy gun range.

Dowell died on 3 August 1910 in Auckland,[2] and is buried at Purewa Cemetery in the suburb of Meadowbank.

[3] His wife, who died six weeks after him, is buried approximately 10 metres (33 ft) to the right of his grave and her gravestone is in the same style.

[4] Dowell's Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Marines Museum in Southsea, England.