Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone

Battles of Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone

British Royal Navy admiral (1781-1866)

Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1841 and 1842: 5 battles, all in present-day People's Republic of China. Taken in date order, the sites lie 966 km apart end to end, 242 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Opium War (4).

Battle of AmoyCapture of ChusanBattle of TsekeeBattle of ChapooBattle of WoosungBattle of AmoyCapture of ChusanBattle of TsekeeBattle of ChapooBattle of WoosungTaipeiWuhanNanjingFuzhouChangshaNanchangPingxiangTaichungWenzhouHefei500 km27.911N, 120.084E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1841: 2 engagements1842: 3 engagements3 in 184218411842
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Amoy, 1841Capture of Chusan, 1841Battle of Tsekee, 1842Battle of Chapoo, 1842Battle of Woosung, 184218411842
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 August 1841Battle of AmoyXiamen, People's Republic of ChinaBritish victory
1 October 1841Capture of ChusanZhoushan Island, China736 km NEBritish victory
15 March 1842Battle of TsekeeCixi City, China86 km WBritish victory
18 May 1842Battle of ChapooZhapu Town, People's Republic of China51 km NBritish victory
16 June 1842Battle of WoosungHuangpu River, China94 km NEBritish 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, A. L. Mitchell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.