OoB - Gallipoli Landings - April
ORDER OF BATTLE - MEDITERRANEAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE and OTTOMAN ARMY- April 1915
(Note: only fighting troops embarked for the first landing are shown)
MEDITERRANEAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Commander-in-Chief: Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, GCB
Chief of the General Staff: Maj-Gen. W. P. Braithwaite, CB
Deputy Adjutant-General: Br-Gen. E. M. Woodward
Deputy Quartermaster-General: Br-Gen. S. H. Winter
29th Division
Major-General A. G. Hunter-Weston, CB
86th Brigade:
2/Royal Fusiliers
1/Lancashire Fusiliers
1/Royal Munster Fusiliers
1/Royal Dublin Fusiliers
87th Brigade:
2/South Wales Borderers
1/King's Own Scottish Borderers
1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1/Border Regiment
88th Brigade:
4/Worcestershire Regiment
2/Hampshire Regiment
1/Essex Regiment
1/5th Royal Scots (TF)
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, CB
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 & NEW ZEALAND ARMY CORPS
G.O.C: Lieutenant-General Sir W. Birdwood, KCSI
1st AUSTRALIAN DIVISION
Major-General W. T. Bridges, CMG
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, Engineers
NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIAN DIVISION
Major-General Sir A. Godley, KCMG
New Zealand Brigade:
Auckland Battalion
Canterbury Battalion
Otago Battalion
Wellington 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, 2nd & 3td Batteries)
New Zealand Field Howitzer 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 EXÉDITIONNAIRE D'ORIENT
Commander: General d'Amade
1st DIVISION
General Masnou
Metropolitan Brigade:
175th Regiment
Regiment de marche d'Afrique (2 Battalions Zouaves, 1 Battalion Foreign Legion)
Colonial Brigade:
4th Colonial Regiment (2 Battalions Senegalese, 1 Battalion Colonial)
6th Colonial Regiment (2 Battalions Senegalese, 1 Battalion Colonial)
6 Batteries of artillery (75-mm.)
2 Batteries of artillery (65-mm.)
SOURCE: Official History of the Great War, Military Operations Gallipoli, Vol. I, Appendix 2
Ottoman Order of Battle, The Landings, 25 April 1915
(Source: Edward J Erickson's Appendix B of his 'Gallipoli-The Ottoman Campaign'
ISBN 978 1 84415 967 3)
FIFTH ARMY
Commander: Marshal Otto Liman von Sanders
Chief of Staff: Lt Col Kazim
Chief of Operations: Capt Mümtaz
Chief of Administration: Maj H. Hüsnü
Aide-de-Camp: Lt Ekrem Rüştü
III CORPS
Commander: Brig Esat Pasha
Chief of Staff: Lt Col Fahrettin
Chief of Operations: Maj Ohrili Kemal
Chief of Engineers: Maj Ziya
Staff Officer: Capt Burhatettin
Aide-de-Camp: Lt Baki
7th Division
Commander: Col Ahmet Remzi
Chief of Staff: Maj Sükrü Naili
19th Regiment: Lt Col Sabri
20th Regiment: Maj Halit
21st Regiment: Lt Col Halil
7th Artillery Regiment: Lt Col Salih Ulvi
9th Division
Commander: Col Halil Sami
Chief of Staff: Maj Hulusi
25th Regiment: Lt Col Irfan
26th Regiment: Lt Col Hafiz Kadri
3/26th: Maj Mahmut Sabri
27th Regiment: Lt Col Mehmet Şefik
1/27th: Capt Malatyah Ibrahim
2/27th: Maj Ismet
3/27th: Capt Halis
9th Artillery Regiment: Lt Col Mehmet Ali
Bursa Battalion (jandarma) : Maj Tahsin
19th Division
Commander: Lt Col Mustafa Kemal
Chief of Staff: Maj Izettin
57th Regiment: Maj Avni
1/57th: Capt Ahmet Zeki
2/57th: Capt Ata
3/57th: Capt Hayri
72nd Regiment: Maj Mehmet Münir
77th Regiment: Capt Saip
39th Artillery Regiment: Maj Halil Kemal
XV CORPS
Commander: Col E. P. Weber
Chief of Staff: Maj Perrinet v. Thauvenay
Chief of Operations: Capt Nihat
3rd Division
Commander: Col Nicolai
Chief of Staff: Capt Suphi
31st Regiment: Lt Col Ismail Hakki
32nd Regiment: Lt Col Hasan Basri
39th Regiment: Lt Col H Nurettin
3rd Artillery Regiment: Lt Col Binhold
11th Division
Commander: Col Refet
Chief of Staff: Maj Ali Fehmi
33rd Regiment: Lt Col Şevki
128th Regiment: Lt Col Mustafa Şevki
127th Regiment: Lt Col Hasan Lüftü
11th Artillery Regiment: Maj Emin
Assigned to FIFTH ARMY (Saros Bay)
5th Division
Commander: Col Hasan Basri
Chief of Staff Maj Mehmet Arif
13th Regiment: Lt Col Ali Reza
14th Regiment: Lt Col Ali Rifat
15th Regiment: Maj Ibrahim Şükrü
5th Artillery Regiment: Lt Col Reza
Independent Cavalry Brigade: Lt Col Hamdi
7th Cavalry Regiment: Maj Avni
13th Cavalry Regiment: Maj Sami Sabit
Ottoman Order of Battle, Ariburnu Attack, 27 April 1915
19th Division
Commander: Lt Col Mustafa Kemal
Chief of Staff: Maj Izzettin
27th Regiment: Lt Col Mehmey Şefik
33rd Regiment: Lt Col Ahmet Şevik
57th Regiment: Maj Avni
64th Regiment: Maj Servet
72nd Regiment: Maj Mehmet Münir
77th Regiment: Capt Saip
39th Regiment: Maj Halil Kemal
Order of Battle, First Battle of Krithia, 28 April 1915
9th Division
Commander: Col Halil Sami
Chief of Staff: Maj Hulusi
25th Regiment: Lt Col Irfan
26th Regiment: Lt Col Hafiz Kadri
19th Regiment: Lt Col Alman Sabri (7th Div)
20th Regiment: Maj Halit (7th Div)
9th Artillery Regiment: Lt Col Mehmet Ali
Bursa Battalion (jandarma): Maj Tahsin