Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Philip Skippon

Battles of Philip Skippon

English army officer (1600-1660)

Philip Skippon is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1642 and 1645: 4 battles, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 671 km apart end to end, 224 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (3), English Civil War (1).

Battle of Turnham GreenFirst Battle of NewburyBattle of LostwithielBattle of NasebyBattle of Turnham GreenFirst Battle of NewburyBattle of LostwithielBattle of NasebyBirminghamCardiffBrightonPortsmouthLutonOxfordPeterboroughCambridgeExeterPenzance100 km51.412N, 2.467W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1642: 1 engagements1 in 16421643: 1 engagements1 in 16431644: 1 engagements1 in 16441645: 1 engagements1 in 164516421645
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Turnham Green, 1642First Battle of Newbury, 1643Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644Battle of Naseby, 164516421645
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 November 1642Battle of Turnham GreenTurnham Green, United KingdomParliamentarian victory
20 September 1643First Battle of NewburyNewbury, United Kingdom75 km WParliamentarian victory
13 August 1644Battle of LostwithielLostwithiel, United Kingdom257 km SWRoyalist victory
14 June 1645Battle of NasebyNaseby, United Kingdom339 km NEParliamentarian 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.