Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Edward Balliol

Battles of Edward Balliol

Claimant to the Scottish throne (c. 1283–1364)

Edward Balliol is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1332 and 1333: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 239 km apart end to end, 80 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Wars of Scottish Independence (2), Second War of Scottish Independence (1).

Battle of Wester KinghornBattle of AnnanSiege of BerwickBattle of Halidon HillBattle of Wester KinghornBattle of AnnanSiege of BerwickBattle of Halidon HillGlasgowNewcastleEdinburghMiddlesbroughDundeeScarboroughAyrPerthDouglasDumfries100 km55.525N, 2.624W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1332: 2 engagements2 in 13321333: 2 engagements2 in 133313321333
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Wester Kinghorn, 1332Battle of Annan, 1332Siege of Berwick, 1333Battle of Halidon Hill, 133313321333
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
6 August 1332Battle of Wester KinghornBurntisland, United KingdomEnglish victory
16 December 1332Battle of AnnanAnnan, United Kingdom119 km SBruce loyalist victory
February 1333Siege of BerwickBerwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom117 km NEEnglish victory
19 July 1333Battle of Halidon HillBerwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom3 km NWEnglish 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, Uncertain since the image is not credited. The author of the book itself died in 1924., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.