Order of battle for the Gallipoli campaign
# Order of battle for the Gallipoli campaign

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

* 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:
   * 1st (New South Wales) Battalion
   * 2nd (New South Wales) Battalion
   * 3rd (New South Wales) Battalion
   * 4th (New South Wales) Battalion
* 2nd Australian Brigade:
   * 5th (Victoria) Battalion
   * 6th (Victoria) Battalion
   * 7th (Victoria) Battalion
   * 8th (Victoria) Battalion
* 3rd Australian Brigade:
   * 9th (Queensland) Battalion
   * 10th (South Australia) Battalion
   * 11th (Western Australia) Battalion
   * 12th (South & Western Australia and Tasmania) Battalion
* 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
   * Auckland Battalion
   * Wellington Battalion
   * Canterbury Battalion
   * Otago Battalion
* 4th Australian Brigade
   * 13th (New South Wales) Battalion
   * 14th (Victoria) Battalion
   * 15th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion
   * 16th (South & Western Australia) Battalion
* 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)
   * 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)

## Ottoman forces

### Initial landing, 25 April 1915

* Fifth Army (Otto Liman von Sanders)
   * III Corps (Mehmet Esat Bülkat)
      * 7th Division
      * 9th Division
      * 19th Division (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk)
   * 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

* U-21
* Sultanhisar
* Yavûz Sultân Selîm
* Midilli
* Muavenet-i Milliye
* Turgut Reis
* Transport (sunk 27 April 1915)
