Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson

Battles of Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson

British soldier (1864-1925)

Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1915 and 1918: 8 battles, all in present-day France. Taken in date order, the sites lie 268 km apart end to end, 38 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Western Front (6), World War I (2).

Battle of GuillemontSecond Battle of Villers-BretonneuxBattle of the SelleBattle of LoosBattle of Bazentin RidgeSecond Battle of CambraiBattle of St. Quentin CanalBattle of ÉpehyBattle of LoosBattle of Bazentin RidgeSecond Battle of CambraiBattle of St. Quentin CanalBattle of ÉpehyBrusselsLe HavreLilleAntwerpenRouenBrightonCharleroiReimsCaenBrugge100 km50.163N, 2.758E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1915: 1 engagements1916: 2 engagements1918: 5 engagements5 in 191819151918
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Loos, 1915Battle of Bazentin Ridge, 1916Battle of Guillemont, 1916Second Battle of Cambrai, 1918Battle of St. Quentin Canal, 1918Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, 1918Battle of Épehy, 1918Battle of the Selle, 191819151918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 October 1915Battle of LoosLoos-en-Gohelle, FranceGerman victory
14 July 1916Battle of Bazentin RidgeSomme, France48 km SBritish victory
3 September 1916Battle of GuillemontGuillemont, France5 km EBritish victory
1918Second Battle of CambraiCambrai, France34 km NEAllied victory
1918Battle of St. Quentin CanalLens, France22 km SAllied victory
25 April 1918Second Battle of Villers-BretonneuxVillers-Bretonneux, France52 km WAllied victory
18 September 1918Battle of ÉpehyÉpehy, France45 km EAllied victory
1918Battle of the SelleSelle, France61 km WAllied 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, John Warwick Brooke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.