Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Alexander Godley

Battles of Alexander Godley

British Army general (1867–1957)

Alexander Godley is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1915 and 1918: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Turkey (3), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,034 km apart end to end, 678 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Middle Eastern theater of World War I (2), World War I (1), Western Front (1).

Battle for Baby 700Battle of the NekBattle of Chunuk BairSecond Battle of the MarneBattle for Baby 700Second Battle of the MarneViennaGenevaBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtNaplesBucharestBudapestMunichPrague500 km44.662N, 14.988E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1915: 3 engagements3 in 19151918: 1 engagements19151918
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle for Baby 700, 1915Battle of the Nek, 1915Battle of Chunuk Bair, 1915Second Battle of the Marne, 191819151918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
3 May 1915Battle for Baby 700Gallipoli, TurkeyOttoman victory
7 August 1915Battle of the NekGallipoli, Turkey1 km SEOttoman victory
7 August 1915Battle of Chunuk BairANZAC Cove, Turkey2 km NEOttoman victory
27 May 1918Second Battle of the MarneMarne basin, France2,031 km NWEntente victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, "Elliott and Fry", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.