Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of John Meldrum

Battles of John Meldrum

Scottish soldier (1584-1645)

John Meldrum is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1642 and 1645: 5 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 759 km apart end to end, 108 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First English Civil War (5), English Civil War (2).

Siege of HullRelief of Montgomery CastleGreat Siege of Scarborough CastleSiege of HullBattle of GainsboroughRelief of NewarkBattle of SelbyBattle of OrmskirkSiege of HullBattle of GainsboroughRelief of NewarkBattle of SelbyBattle of OrmskirkBirminghamManchesterLiverpoolNottinghamMiddlesbroughStokeBlackpoolNorwichYorkIpswich100 km53.425N, 1.741W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1642: 1 engagements1643: 2 engagements1644: 4 engagements4 in 16441645: 1 engagements16421645
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Hull, 1642Battle of Gainsborough, 1643Siege of Hull, 1643Relief of Newark, 1644Battle of Selby, 1644Battle of Ormskirk, 1644Relief of Montgomery Castle, 1644Great Siege of Scarborough Castle, 164516421645
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 July 1642Siege of HullKingston upon Hull, United KingdomParliamentarian victory
28 July 1643Battle of GainsboroughGainsborough, United Kingdom49 km SWParliamentarian victory
2 September 1643Siege of HullKingston upon Hull, United Kingdom49 km NEParliamentarian victory
1644Relief of NewarkNewark-on-Trent, United Kingdom81 km SWRoyalist victory
April 1644Battle of SelbySelby, United Kingdom80 km NParliamentarian victory
20 August 1644Battle of OrmskirkUnited Kingdom122 km WParliamentarian victory
18 September 1644Relief of Montgomery CastleMontgomery, United Kingdom113 km SParliamentarian victory
18 February 1645Great Siege of Scarborough CastleScarborough Castle, United Kingdom265 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, R. S., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.