Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer

Battles of Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer

British Army general and High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine (1857-1932)

Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1915 and 1918: 11 battles, all in present-day Belgium. Taken in date order, the sites lie 131 km apart end to end, 13 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (11).

Battle of the Menin Road RidgeBattle of Polygon WoodBattle of BroodseindeFirst Battle of PasschendaeleSecond Battle of PasschendaeleBattle of the Lys and the EscautSecond Battle of YpresBattle of MessinesThird Battle of YpresBattle of the LysBattle of CourtraiSecond Battle of YpresBattle of MessinesThird Battle of YpresBattle of the LysBattle of CourtraiBrusselsThe HagueLe HavreRotterdamAntwerpenLuxembourgUtrechtRouenCharleroiBrugge100 km50.803N, 3.232E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1915: 1 engagements1917: 7 engagements7 in 19171918: 3 engagements19151918
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Second Battle of Ypres, 1915Battle of Messines, 1917Third Battle of Ypres, 1917Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, 1917Battle of Polygon Wood, 1917Battle of Broodseinde, 1917First Battle of Passchendaele, 1917Second Battle of Passchendaele, 1917Battle of the Lys, 1918Battle of Courtrai, 1918Battle of the Lys and the Escaut, 191819151918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 April 1915Second Battle of YpresYpres, BelgiumSee Analysis section
7 June 1917Battle of MessinesWest Flanders, Belgium14 km SBritish victory
31 July 1917Third Battle of YpresYpres Salient, Belgium17 km NESee Analysis section
20 September 1917Battle of the Menin Road RidgeBelgium0 km WBritish victory
3 October 1917Battle of Polygon WoodPolygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium6 km SBritish victory
4 October 1917Battle of BroodseindeZonnebeke, Belgium7 km WBritish victory
12 October 1917First Battle of PasschendaelePassendale, Belgium10 km NEGerman victory
26 October 1917Second Battle of PasschendaelePassendale, Belgium1 km NEAllied victory
7 April 1918Battle of the LysYpres, Belgium23 km SSee Analysis
14 October 1918Battle of CourtraiYpres, Belgium29 km NEAllied victory
20 October 1918Battle of the Lys and the EscautEast Flanders, Belgium23 km EAllied 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, Halsey, Francis Whiting,, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.