caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place awards battles birth_date placeofburial nickname rank image article_title name
lord clyde in 1855 1808 & ndash ; 1860 united kingdom highland brigade commander-in-chief of india 14 august 1863 chatham , kent glasgow , scotland knight knight commander of the order of the star of india grand cross of the order of the bath peninsular anglo-sikh war crimean war indian mutiny war war of 1812 first opium war second 20 october 1792 westminster abbey '' sir crawling camel '' field marshal lord-clyde . jpg colin campbell , 1st baron clyde
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colin campbell , 1st baron clyde

field marshal colin campbell , 1st baron clyde gcb , kcsi -lrb- 20 october 1792 -- 14 august 1863 -rrb- was a british army officer .
after serving in the peninsular war and the war of 1812 , he commanded the 98th regiment of foot during the first opium war and then commanded a brigade during the second anglo-sikh war .
he went on to command the highland brigade at the battle of alma and with his `` thin red line of highlanders '' he repulsed the russian attack on balaclava during the crimean war .
at an early stage of the indian mutiny , he became commander-in-chief , india and , in that role , he relieved and then evacuated lucknow and , after attacking and decisively defeating tatya tope at the second battle of cawnpore , captured lucknow again .
whilst still commander-in-chief he dealt with the ` white mutiny ' among east india company troops , and organised the army sent east in the second opium war .
