Order of battle for the Gallipoli campaign explained

This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli campaign during 1915.

Allied forces

Initial landings, 25 April 1915

Mediterranean Expeditionary Force^[1]

Commander-in-Chief: Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton
Chief of the General Staff: Maj-Gen. W. P. Braithwaite
Deputy Adjutant-General: Br-Gen. E. M. Woodward
Deputy Quartermaster-General: Br-Gen. S. H. Winter

29th Division

Major-General A. G. Hunter-Weston
86th Brigade

- 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
87th Brigade

- 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
- 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
- 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, Border Regiment
88th Brigade

- 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
- 5th Battalion, Royal Scots
XV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (B, L & Y Batteries)
XVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (13th, 26th & 92nd Batteries)
CXLVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (10th, 97th & 368th Batteries)
460th (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery
4th Highland (Mountain) Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) (Argyllshire Battery and Ross & Cromarty Battery)
90th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
14th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
1/2nd London, 1/2nd Lowland & 1/1st W. Riding Field Companies, Royal Engineers (TF)
Divisional Cyclist Company

Royal Naval Division

Major-General A. Paris
1st (Naval) Brigade
- Drake Battalion
- Nelson Battalion
- Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
2nd (Naval) Brigade
- Howe Battalion
- Hood Battalion
- Anson Battalion
3rd (RM) Brigade
- Chatham Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
- Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
- Plymouth Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Motor Maxim Squadron (Royal Naval Air Service)
1st & 2nd Field Companies, RN Divisional Engineers
Divisional Cyclist Company

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

G.O.C: Lieutenant-General Sir W. Birdwood

1st Australian Division

Major-General W. T. Bridges
1st Australian Brigade

2nd Australian Brigade

3rd Australian Brigade

I (New South Wales) Field Artillery Brigade (1st, 2nd & 3rd Batteries)
II (Victoria) Field Artillery Brigade (4th, 5th & 6th Batteries)
III (Queensland) Field Artillery Brigade (7th, 8th & 9th Batteries)
1st, 2nd & 3rd Field Companies, Royal Australian Engineers

New Zealand and Australian Division

Major-General Sir A. Godley
New Zealand Infantry Brigade
4th Australian Brigade
New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade
- 1st Field Battery
- 2nd Field Battery
- 3rd Field Battery
- 4th (Howitzer) Field Battery
Field Company, New Zealand Engineers

ANZAC Corps Troops

7th Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade (21st [Kohat] Battery and 26th [Jacob's] Battery)
Ceylon Planters' Rifle Corps

Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient

Commander: Général Albert d'Amade

1^re Division

Général Masnou
Brigade métropolitaine
- 175^e Régiment d’infanterie
- Régiment de marche d'Afrique (2 Zouave battalions, 1 battalion of Légion étrangère)
Brigade coloniale
- 4^e Régiment d’infanterie coloniale (2 Senegalese battalions, 1 colonial battalion)
- 6^e Régiment d’infanterie coloniale (2 Senegalese battalions, 1 colonial battalion)
6 artillery batteries (75mm)
2 mountain artillery batteries (65mm)

August 1915

'Mediterranean Expeditionary Force' (General Sir Ian Hamilton)^[2]
- VIII Corps (Lieutenant General Sir Francis Davies)
  - 29th Division (as above)
  - 42nd (East Lancashire) Division (TF)
    - 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade
      - 1/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
      - 1/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
      - 1/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
      - 1/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
    - 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade
      - 1/4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
      - 1/5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
      - 1/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
      - 1/10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
    - 127th (Manchester) Brigade
      - 1/5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
      - 1/6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
      - 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
      - 1/8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
    - 1/I East Lancashire Brigade, RFA (1/4th, 1/5th & 1/6th East Lancashire Btys) – 1/4th & half 1/6th did not arrive until September
    - 1/III East Lancashire Brigade (The Bolton Artillery), RFA (1/18th, 1/19th, 1/20th East Lancashire Btys) – 1/19th & 1/20th did not arrive until September
    - 1/IV East Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade (The Cumberland Artillery), RFA (1/1st, 1/2nd Cumberland (H) Btys)
    - 1/1st & 1/2nd East Lancashire, 1/2nd West Lancashire Field Companies, RE
  - 52nd (Lowland) Division (TF)
    - 155th (South Scottish) Brigade
      - 1/4th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
      - 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
      - 1/4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
      - 1/5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
    - 156th (Scottish Rifles) Brigade
      - 1/4th Battalion, Royal Scots
      - 1/7th Battalion, Royal Scots
      - 1/7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
      - 1/8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
    - 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade
      - 1/5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
      - 1/6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
      - 1/7th (Blythswood) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
      - 1/5th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
    - 1/IV Lowland (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA (1/4th, 1/5th City of Glasgow (H) Btys) – detached from division
    - 2/1st & 2/2nd Lowland Field Companies, RE
    - Divisional Cyclist Company
  - Royal Naval Division (as above)
- IX Corps (Lieutenant General Frederick Stopford)
  - 10th (Irish) Division
    - 29th Brigade
      - 6th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles
      - 5th Battalion, Connaught Rangers
      - 6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
      - 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
    - 30th Brigade
      - 6th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
      - 7th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
      - 6th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
      - 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
    - 31st Brigade
      - 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
      - 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
      - 5th Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
      - 6th Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
    - Pioneers
      - 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
    - LV Brigade, RFA (A, B, C & D Btys) – A & C did not arrive until September
    - LVI Brigade, RFA (A, B, C & D Btys) – A & B did not arrive until October
    - LVII (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA (A & D Btys)
    - 65th, 66th & 85th Field Companies, RE
    - Divisional Cyclist Company
  - 11th (Northern) Division
    - 32nd Brigade
      - 9th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
      - 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (Green Howards)
      - 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
      - 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
    - 33rd Brigade
      - 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
      - 6th Battalion, Border Regiment
      - 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
      - 9th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment)
    - 34th Brigade
      - 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
      - 9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
      - 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
      - 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
    - Pioneers
      - 6th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
    - LVIII Brigade, RFA (A, B, C & D Btys)
    - LIX Brigade, RFA (A, B, C & D Btys)
    - 67th, 68th & 86th Field Companies, RE
    - Divisional Cyclist Company
    - 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade – attached
      - 1/1st Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
      - 1/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry
      - 1/1st West Somerset Yeomanry
      - 1/2nd South-Western Signal Troop, RE
      - 1/2nd South-Western Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
  - 13th (Western) Division
    - 38th Brigade
      - 6th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
      - 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
      - 6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
      - 6th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
    - 39th Brigade
      - 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
      - 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
      - 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
      - 7th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)
    - 40th Brigade
      - 8th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
      - 8th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
      - 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers
      - 5th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
    - Pioneers
      - 8th Battalion, Welch Regiment
    - LXVI Brigade, RFA (A, B, C & D Btys)
    - LXIX (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA (A, B, C & D Btys)
    - 71st, 72nd & 88th Field Companies, RE
    - Divisional Cyclist Company
Corps Troops
- 1/IV Highland (Mountain) Brigade, RGA (Argyllshire, and Ross & Cromarty Btys)
  - Attached to IX Corps:
    - 53rd (Welsh) Division (TF)
      - 158th (North Wales) Brigade
        1/5th (Flintshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
        
        1/6th (Caernarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
        
        1/7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
        
        1/1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
      - 159th (Cheshire) Brigade
        1/4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
        
        1/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
        
        1/4th Battalion, Welch Regiment
        
        1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment
      - 160th Brigade
        2/4th Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
        
        1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
        
        2/4th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
        
        2/10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
      - 1/1st Welsh & 2/1st Cheshire Field Companies, RE
      - Divisional Cyclist Company
    - 54th (East Anglian) Division (TF)
      - 161st (Essex) Brigade
        1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment
        
        1/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment
        
        1/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment
        
        1/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment
      - 162nd (East Midland) Brigade
        1/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
        1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment 1/10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment
        
        1/11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment
      - 163rd (Norfolk & Suffolk) Brigade
        1/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
        
        1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
        
        1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
        
        1/8th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
      - 1/2nd Welsh & 2/1st East Anglian Field Companies, RE
      - Divisional Cyclist Company
    - 2nd Mounted Division (TF) – Dismounted
    - 2nd Mounted Division (TF) (Dismounted)
      - 1st (1st South Midland) Mounted Brigade
        1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry
        
        1/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
        
        1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry
      - 2nd (2nd South Midland) Mounted Brigade
        1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
        
        1/1st Dorsetshire Yeomanry
        
        1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry
      - 3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade
        1/1st Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
        
        1/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars
        
        1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
      - 4th (London) Mounted Brigade
        1/1st County of London Yeomanry
        
        1/1st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
        
        1/3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
      - 5th Mounted Brigade – attached
        1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry
        
        1/2nd County of London Yeomanry
- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Lieutenant General William Birdwood)
  - Australian 1st Division (as above)
  - Australian 2nd Division
  - New Zealand and Australian Division
    - New Zealand Infantry Brigade
    - 4th Australian Brigade
    - New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
    - 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
  - Attached:
    - 29th Indian Brigade
      - 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs
      - 1st Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
      - 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles
      - 2nd Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles
GHQ Troops
- 20th Brigade, RGA (10th, 15th & 91st Heavy Btys)
- Armoured Car Division, Royal Naval Air Service (9, 10 & 11 Squadrons)
- One aviation wing: No. 3 Wing, Royal Naval Air Service (at Imbros)
- Oriental Expeditionary Corps (General Maurice Bailloud)
  - 1st Division (as above)
  - 2nd Division
    - 3^e Brigade métropolitaine
      - 176^e Régiment d’infanterie
        
        2^eRégiment de marche d'Afrique (3 Zouave battalions)
    - 4^e Brigade coloniale
      - 7^e Régiment d’infanterie coloniale
      - 8^e Régiment d’infanterie coloniale
    - 9 Batteries (75mm)
  - Corps Troops
    - 1 Heavy Bty (120mm long)
    - 1 Heavy Bty (155mm long)
    - 2 Heavy Btys (155mm short)
    - 2 Siege guns (240mm)
    - Battery of naval guns
    - One aviation squadron: Escadrille MF98T (based at Tenedos)

Naval forces

British:
- - - - (Sunk)
        
        (Sunk)
    - (Sunk)
      - (Sunk)
        
        HMS Zealandia
        (Sunk)
- (Wrecked)
- (Scuttled)
  - - - (Sunk)
- - improvised landing craft

French:
- Bouvet (Sunk)
- Charlemagne
- Gaulois
- Henri IV
- Jules Ferry
- Massena (Sunk)
- Saint Louis
- Suffren
- Jeanne d'Arc
- Jurien de la Gravière
- Kleber
- Foudre
  - - (Sunk)
- (Sunk)
Russian:
- Askold

Ottoman forces

Initial landing, 25 April 1915

Fifth Army (Otto Liman von Sanders)
- III Corps (Mehmet Esat Bülkat)
- XV Corps (Hans Kannengiesser)
  - 3rd Division
  - 11th Division
- Dardanelles Fortified Area Command
- One aircraft squadron

Note: When the campaign commenced, the Fifth Army comprised two army Corps:

the III Corps was defending the Gallipoli peninsula
and the XV Corps was defending the Asian shore.

In addition, the 5th Division was positioned north of the peninsula under the command of First Army.

August 1915

Fifth Army (Otto Liman von Sanders)
- I Corps
  - 2nd Division
  - 3rd Division
- II Corps
  - 4th Division
  - 5th Division
  - 6th Division
- III Corps
  - 7th Division
  - 8th Division
  - 9th Division
  - 19th Division
- IV Corps
  - 10th Division
  - 11th Division
  - 12th Division
- V Corps
  - 13th Division
  - 14th Division
  - 15th Division
- Dardanelles Fortified Area Command
- One aircraft squadron

Naval forces

- - - - Transport (sunk 27 April 1915)

Bibliography

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Gilbert . Greg . Air War Over the Dardanelles . Wartime . Australian War Memorial . Canberra . 61 . 2013 . 42–47 . 1328-2727 .
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Notes and References

Official History of the Great War, Military Operations Gallipoli, Vol. I, Appendix 2
Aspinall-Oglander, Vol II, pp. 487–95.

Order of battle for the Gallipoli campaign explained

Allied forces

Initial landings, 25 April 1915

August 1915

Naval forces

Ottoman forces

Initial landing, 25 April 1915

August 1915

Naval forces

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References