Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of George Goring, Lord Goring

Battles of George Goring, Lord Goring

English Royalist soldier; (1608-1657)

George Goring, Lord Goring is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1642 and 1645: 5 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,003 km apart end to end, 167 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (5), English Civil War (2).

Battle of Seacroft MoorCapture of WakefieldSiege of PortsmouthBattle of Marston MoorBattle of LostwithielSieges of TauntonBattle of LangportSiege of PortsmouthBattle of Marston MoorBattle of LostwithielSieges of TauntonBattle of LangportDublinBirminghamManchesterLeedsCardiffLiverpoolNottinghamStokeKingston upon HullBlackpool200 km52.185N, 2.877W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1642: 1 engagements1643: 2 engagements1644: 3 engagements3 in 16441645: 1 engagements16421645
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Portsmouth, 1642Battle of Seacroft Moor, 1643Capture of Wakefield, 1643Battle of Marston Moor, 1644Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644Sieges of Taunton, 1644Battle of Langport, 164516421645
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 August 1642Siege of PortsmouthPortsmouth, United KingdomParliamentarian victory
30 March 1643Battle of Seacroft MoorWest Yorkshire, United Kingdom339 km NRoyalist victory
21 May 1643Capture of WakefieldWakefield, United Kingdom20 km SParliamentarian victory
2 July 1644Battle of Marston MoorLong Marston, United Kingdom35 km NEParliamentarian-Scottish victory
13 August 1644Battle of LostwithielLostwithiel, United Kingdom458 km SWRoyalist victory
September 1644Sieges of TauntonTaunton, United Kingdom130 km NEParliamentarian victory
10 July 1645Battle of LangportLangport, United Kingdom21 km EParliamentarian 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, After Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.