Ka cika wannan jumla: Lindsay ya yi yaƙi a matsayin kyaftin a cikin 'yan tsaron Scotland (Fusilier) a lokacin Yaƙin Crimea. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Victoria Cross don ayyukansa a ranar 20 ga Satumba 1854 a
Yaƙin Alma da 5 Nuwamba a Yaƙin Inkerman. The "London Gazette" ya bayyana ayyukansa kamar haka: