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John Clelland
IGS with one clasp North West Frontier to 878 Pte J Clelland 79th Foot
In the "79th News" July 1904 page 22 appears the following entry - An Old
79th Highlander's Death
The death is announced of Sergeant J. Clelland, 79th Highlanders, one of the official
guides at Edinburgh Castle. Sergeant Clelland joined the 79th in about 1858 and
completed his 21 years' service. In 1873 he volunteered into the Black Watch to
participate in the Gold Coast campaign, returning to his own regiment afterwards.
When he retired from active service, Sergeant Clelland was appointed
sergeant-instructor attached to the Perth Militia, the 3rd Black Watch. Thereafter he
was connected with the administration of the Soldiers' Home in Edinburgh.
Subsequently he held several civil appointments, and four years ago was appointed an
official guide by General Chapman. Clelland held medals for the Gold Coast and
North-West Frontier campaigns.
The 1881 census finds him living as the manager of a Soldiers & Sailors Home in
Edinburgh with his wife Elizabeth and his Daughter Sarah (6)
In the "79th News" July 1904 page 22 appears the following entry - An Old
79th Highlander's Death
The death is announced of Sergeant J. Clelland, 79th Highlanders, one of the official
guides at Edinburgh Castle. Sergeant Clelland joined the 79th in about 1858 and
completed his 21 years' service. In 1873 he volunteered into the Black Watch to
participate in the Gold Coast campaign, returning to his own regiment afterwards.
When he retired from active service, Sergeant Clelland was appointed
sergeant-instructor attached to the Perth Militia, the 3rd Black Watch. Thereafter he
was connected with the administration of the Soldiers' Home in Edinburgh.
Subsequently he held several civil appointments, and four years ago was appointed an
official guide by General Chapman. Clelland held medals for the Gold Coast and
North-West Frontier campaigns.
The 1881 census finds him living as the manager of a Soldiers & Sailors Home in
Edinburgh with his wife Elizabeth and his Daughter Sarah (6)
The regimental history states "During the month of December 1863, four companies of the 79th, under Major Miller, were
moved from Peshawar to the Shubkudder Pass, at the entrance to the Khyber, to join a force under Colonel Macdonnell
assembling to resist a threatened inroad of the Mohmunds. These companies were not engaged with the enemy, but in 1884 the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men received the Indian medal for the North West Frontier campaign. They returned to
Peshawar in January 1864. A small detachment of the regiment, under Lieutenant Neil Campbell, was engaged with the Mohmunds
in the affairs of Michnie and Shubkudder. Private Burnett of the 79th was slightly wounded".
He was with the main body, not the small group with Lieutenant Neil Campbell.
Clelland served in the Ashantee campaign 1873; he was one of the 2 officers and 135 men posted from the 79th to the 42nd to
bring it up to strength; the 2 regiments were brigaded together at the time, in an earlier stage of the Cardwell reforms. His
Ashantee medal is named to 169 Pte J.Clelland 42nd
From Tony Farrington's roll, Clelland's claim for the IGS appears in L/MIL/5/47 ff 259-60. Those folios are the 22nd batch
of claims for the IGS, were dated Devonport 14 Sep 1887 and forwarded to the War Office on 25 Feb 1888. There were 7
names on this submission.
moved from Peshawar to the Shubkudder Pass, at the entrance to the Khyber, to join a force under Colonel Macdonnell
assembling to resist a threatened inroad of the Mohmunds. These companies were not engaged with the enemy, but in 1884 the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and men received the Indian medal for the North West Frontier campaign. They returned to
Peshawar in January 1864. A small detachment of the regiment, under Lieutenant Neil Campbell, was engaged with the Mohmunds
in the affairs of Michnie and Shubkudder. Private Burnett of the 79th was slightly wounded".
He was with the main body, not the small group with Lieutenant Neil Campbell.
Clelland served in the Ashantee campaign 1873; he was one of the 2 officers and 135 men posted from the 79th to the 42nd to
bring it up to strength; the 2 regiments were brigaded together at the time, in an earlier stage of the Cardwell reforms. His
Ashantee medal is named to 169 Pte J.Clelland 42nd
From Tony Farrington's roll, Clelland's claim for the IGS appears in L/MIL/5/47 ff 259-60. Those folios are the 22nd batch
of claims for the IGS, were dated Devonport 14 Sep 1887 and forwarded to the War Office on 25 Feb 1888. There were 7
names on this submission.
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