Gallipoli campaign order of battle


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
Royal Naval Division
  • Major-General Archibald Paris
  • 1st Brigade
  • * Drake Battalion
  • * Nelson Battalion
  • * Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
  • 2nd Brigade
  • * Howe Battalion
  • * Hood Battalion
  • * Anson Battalion
  • 3rd Brigade
  • * Chatham Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
  • * Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
  • * Plymouth Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
  • Motor Maxim Squadron
  • 1st & 2nd Field Companies, RN Divisional Engineers
  • Divisional Cyclist Company
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
1st Australian Division
New Zealand and Australian Division
ANZAC Corps Troops
Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient
1re Division
  • Général Masnou
  • Brigade métropolitaine
  • *175e Régiment d’infanterie
  • *Régiment de marche d'Afrique
  • Brigade coloniale
  • *4e Régiment d’infanterie coloniale
  • *6e Régiment d’infanterie coloniale
  • 6 artillery batteries
  • 2 mountain artillery batteries

August 1915

'Mediterranean Expeditionary Force'

Naval forces

Ottoman forces

Initial landing, 25 April 1915

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

Naval forces

  • Transport