Philip Skippon

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Philip Skippon was a prominent 17th-century English soldier and Parliamentarian general who played a key role in the English Civil War, particularly as a senior officer in the New Model Army.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf English soldier
Parliamentarian general
military officer
person
allegiance Parliament of England
associatedWith New Model Army
Parliamentarian cause
conflict First English Civil War
Second English Civil War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
era 17th century
fieldOfWork infantry tactics
military affairs
gender male
hasActivity battlefield command
military leadership
hasRole infantry commander
influencedBy Puritan military culture
knownFor Parliamentarian leadership in the English Civil War
role as senior officer in the New Model Army
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryBranch Parliamentarian army
militaryRank general
militaryUnit New Model Army infantry
notableAchievement helping secure Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War
notableEvent Battle of Naseby
campaigns against Royalist forces
notableFor discipline and organization of infantry forces
notableWork service in the New Model Army
occupation military commander
soldier
participatedIn English Civil War
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian
positionHeld commander in the New Model Army
major-general
sergeant-major-general of the infantry
religion Protestantism
residence England
roleIn reorganization of Parliamentarian forces into the New Model Army
sideInConflict Roundheads

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Battle of Langport
commander
New Model Army
notableCommander

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