Robert James Lindsay
Captain, Scots Fusilier Guards
- Register No.
- 745 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain all Captains →
- Unit
- Scots Fusilier Guards all Scots Fusilier Guards VCs →
- Date of action
- 20 September 1854 on this day → all of 1854 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Crimean War
- London Gazette
- 24th February, 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Born
- 17th April 1832 at Balcarres, Fife, Scotland. (Victoria
- Died
- 10th June 1901 at Lockinge, Berkshire
- Memorial / grave
- not known:
Digest of citation
At the Battle of Alma, in the Crimea, on 20th September 1854, when the form of the line of the Regiment was disordered, Captain Lindsay, Adjutant Drummond and a group of other officers stood firm with the Colours. They rallied a party of Non-Commissioned officers and men around them and held their ground against overwhelming odds until the enemy retired on seeing the battalion coming up the hill. . On November 5th at Inkerman, Crimea at a most trying moment, Captain LINDSAY, with a few men, charged a superior party of Russians, causing them to retreat and he ran one of them through the body himself
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
LINDSAY, Robert James. (reg No. 745).
Captain. Scots Fusilier Guards.
London Gazetted on 24th February, 1857.
Born on 17th April 1832 at Balcarres, Fife, Scotland. (Victoria Cross 1856-1920 records date as 16th April).
Died on 10th June 1901 at Lockinge, Berkshire.
Memorial not known:
Digest of Citation reads: At the Battle of Alma, in the Crimea, on 20th September 1854, when the form of the line of the Regiment was disordered, Captain Lindsay, Adjutant Drummond and a group of other officers stood firm with the Colours. They rallied a party of Non-Commissioned officers and men around them and held their ground against overwhelming odds until the enemy retired on seeing the battalion coming up the hill. . On November 5th at Inkerman, Crimea at a most trying moment, Captain LINDSAY, with a few men, charged a superior party of Russians, causing them to retreat and he ran one of them through the body himself.
Additional information:. Brigadier General Lindsay was made a Knight Commander of the Bath (KCB). More to add.
Additional information
Brigadier General Lindsay was made a Knight Commander of the Bath (KCB). More to add.
Cross 1856-1920 records date as 16th April).
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