Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland

Scottish soldier, 1293 to 1327

Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1314 and 1322: 2 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 413 km apart end to end, 138 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of Scottish Independence (2), First War of Scottish Independence (2).

Siege of Roxburgh CastleBattle of BannockburnCapture of BerwickBattle of Old BylandSiege of Roxburgh CastleBattle of BannockburnCapture of BerwickBattle of Old BylandGlasgowLeedsNewcastleEdinburghMiddlesbroughKingston upon HullBlackpoolYorkDundeeAyr100 km55.160N, 2.548W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1314: 2 engagements2 in 13141318: 1 engagements1322: 1 engagements13141322
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Roxburgh Castle, 1314Battle of Bannockburn, 1314Capture of Berwick, 1318Battle of Old Byland, 132213141322
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 February 1314Siege of Roxburgh CastleRoxburgh Castle, United KingdomScottish victory
23 June 1314Battle of BannockburnBattlefield of Bannockburn, United Kingdom108 km NWScottish victory
8 April 1318Capture of BerwickBerwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom126 km EScottish victory
14 October 1322Battle of Old BylandYorkshire, United Kingdom179 km SScottish 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.