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Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Order of Battle (ORBAT) 

British, French, ANZAC. Also Turkish.
Please note: This ORBAT of UK & French troops on the Gallipoli Peninsular is correct for August 1915. As UK units tended to come and go there are possible discrepancies for the whole campaign time line. As will be seen medical, Army Service Corps and other support units are not listed. Where I am aware of them I have noted those separately. Details supplied by R G Crompton of the UK and Ross Mallett (ADFA)  and other sources.

It is my belief that the other listings are accurate in the context of the entire campaign, although obviously not every unit was available at all times. The Anzac and Turkish listings are not ORBATs, rather lists of units that took part. 

VIII Corps

  • 29th Division

    • 86th Brigade

      • 2/Royal Fusiliers

      • 1/Royal Munster Fusiliers

      • 1/Royal Dublin Fusiliers

      • 1/Lancashire Fusiliers

    • 87th Brigade

      • 2/South Wales Borderers

      • 1/Royal Inniskillen Fusiliers

      • 1/Kings Own Scottish Borderers

      • 1/The Border Regiment

    • 88th Brigade

      • 4/Worcestershire Regiment

      • 2/Hampshire Regiment

      • 1/Essex Regiment

      • 1/5 Royal Scots (TF

    • Royal Horse Artillery

      • XV Bde RHA (B, L and Y Bty)

    • Royal Field Artillery

      • XVII Bde RFA (13th, 264th, 92nd Bty)

      • CXLVII Bde RFA (10th, 97th, 368th Bty)

      • 460th Howitzer Bty RFA

    • Royal Garrison Artillery

      • 90th Heavy Bty RGA

      • 14th Siege Bty RGA

    •  Royal Engineers (Territorial Force)

      • 1/2 London Field Coy

      • 1/2 Lowland Field Coy

      • 1/1 West Riding Field Coy

    • Divisional Cycle Corps

  • 42nd (East Lancashire) Division (TF)

    • 125th Brigade

      • 1/5 Lancashire Fusiliers

      • 1/7 Lancashire Fusiliers

      • 1/8 Lancashire Fusiliers

    • 126th Brigade

      • 1/4 East Lancashire Regiment

      • 1/5 East Lancashire Regiment

      • 1/9 Manchester Regiment

      • 1/10 Manchester Regiment

    • 127th Brigade

      • 1/5 Manchester Regiment

      • 1/6 Manchester Regiment

      • 1/7 Manchester Regiment

      • 1/8 Manchester Regiment

    • Royal Field Artillery

      • 1/1 East Lancs Bde RFA 

        • (4th, 5th, 6th Bty)

      • 1/2 East Lancs Bde RFA 

        • (15th, 16th, 17th Bty)

      • 1/3 East Lancs Bde RFA 

        • (18th, 19th, 20th Bty)

      • 1/1 East Lancs (Howitzer) Bde RFA 

        • (1st Cumberland Bty, 2nd Cumberland Bty)

    • Royal Engineers

      • 1/1 East Lancs, 

      • 1/2 East Lancs, 

      • 1/2 West Lancs Field Coy RE

    • Divisional Cycle Corps

  • 11th (Northern) Division

    • 155th Brigade

      • 1/4 Royal Scots Fusiliers

      • 1/5 Royal Scots Fusiliers

      • 1/4 Kings Own Scottish Borderers

      • 1/5 Kings Own Scottish Borderers

    • 156th Brigade

      • 1/4 Royal Scots

      • 1/7 Royal Scots

      • 1/7 Scottish Rifles

      • 1/8 Scottish Rifles

    • 157th Brigade

      • 1/5 Highland Light Infantry

      • 1/6 Highland Light Infantry

      • 1/7 Highland Light Infantry

      • 1/5 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

    • Royal Field Artillery

      • 1/2 Lowland Bde RFA

      • 1/4 Lowland Bde RFA 

        • 1/4 City of Glasgow Bty 

        • 1/5 City of Glasgow Bty

      • 2/1, 2/2 Lowland Field Coys RE

    • Divisional Cycle Corps

  • Royal Naval Division

    • 1st Brigade

      • Drake Bn.

      • Nelson Bn.

      • Hawke Bn.

      • Hood Bn.

    • 2nd Brigade

      • No 1 Bn Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMLI)

      • No 2 Bn RMLI

      • Howe Bn

      • Hood Bn. 

    • Royal Engineers

      • 1st, 2nd, 3rd Field Coys RE

    • Divisional Cycle Corps

 IX Corps

  • 10th (Irish) Division

    •   29th Brigade

      • 10/Hampshire Regiment

      • 6/Royal Irish Regiment

      • 3/Connaught Rangers

      • 6/Leinster Regiment

    • 30th Brigade

      • 6/Royal Munster Fusiliers

      • 7/Royal Munster Fusiliers

      • 6/Royal Dublin Fusiliers

      • 7/Royal Dublin Fusiliers

    • 31st Brigade

      • 5/Royal Inniskillen Fusiliers

      • 6/Royal Inniskillen Fusiliers

      • 5/Royal Irish Fusiliers

      • 6/Royal Irish Fusiliers

    • Pioneers

      • 5/Royal Irish Regiment 

    • Royal Field Artillery

      • LIV Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

      • LV Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

      • LVI Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

      • LVII (Howitzer) Bde RFA (HQ with A and D Bty only)

    • Royal Engineers

      • 65th, 66th, 85th Field Coy RE

    • Divisional Cycle Corps

  • 11th (Northern) Division

    • 32nd Brigade

      • 9/West Yorks Regiment

      • 1/West Riding Regiment

      • 6/Yorkshire Regiment

      • 6/York and Lancs Regiment

    • 33rd Brigade

      • 6/Lincolnshire Regiment

      • 7/South Staffordshire Regiment

      • 6/The Border Regiment

      • 9/Sherwood Foresters

    • 34th Brigade

      • 5/Northumberland Fusiliers

      • 5/Dorsetshire Regiment

      • 9/Lancashire Fusiliers

      • 11/Manchester Regiment

    • Pioneers

      • 6/East Yorkshire Regiment (Pioneers)

    • Royal Field Artillery

      • LVIII Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

      • LIX Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

      • LX Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

    • Royal Engineers

      • 67th, 68th, 86th Field Coys RE

    • Divisional Cycle Corps

  • 13th (Western) Division

    • 38th Brigade

      • 6/Kings Own

      • 6/East Lancs Regiment

      • 6/South Lancs Regiment

      • 6/Loyal North Lancs Regiment

    • 39th Brigade

      • 9/Royal Warwickshire Regiment

      • 9/Worcestershire Regiment

      • 7/Gloucestershire Regiment

      • 7/North Staffordshire Regiment

    • 40th Brigade

      • 4/South Wales Borderers

      • 8/Cheshire Regiment

      • 8/Royal Welch Fusiliers

      • 5/Wiltshire Regiment

    • Pioneers

      • 8/Welch Regiment (Pioneers)

    • Royal Field Artillery

      • LXVI Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

      • LXVII Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

      • LXVIII Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

      • LXIX (Howitzer) Bde RFA (A, B, C, D Bty)

    • Royal Engineers

      • 71st, 72nd, 88th Field Coys RE

    • Divisional Cycle Corps

    • Corps Troops

      • 4 Highland Mountain Artillery Bde (TF)

        • Argyllshire Battery and 

        • Ross and Cromarty Brigade

Attached IX Corps

  • 53rd (Welsh) Division (TF)

    • 158th Brigade

      • 1/5 Royal Welch Fusiliers

      • 1/6 Royal Welch Fusiliers

      • 1/7 Royal Welch Fusiliers

      • 1/1 Herefordshire Regiment

    • 159th Brigade

      • 1/4 Cheshire Regiment

      • 1/7 Cheshire Regiment

      • 1/4 Welch Regiment

      • 1/5 Welch Regiment

    • 160th Brigade

      • 2/4 Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

      • 2/4 Royal West Kents

      • 1/4 Royal Sussex Regiment

      • 2/10 Middlesex Regiment

    • Royal Engineers

      • 1/1 Welsh Field Coy RE

      • 2/1 Cheshire Field Coy RE

    • Divisional Cycle Corps

  •   54th (East Anglian) Division

    • 160th Brigade

      • 1/4 Essex Regiment

      • 1/5 Essex Regiment

      • 1/6 Essex Regiment

      • 1/7 Essex Regiment

    • 161st Brigade

      • 1/5 Bedfordshire Regiment

      • 1/4 Northamptonshire Regiment

      • 1/10 London Regiment

      • 1/11 London Regiment

    • 162nd Brigade

      • 1/4 Norfolk Regiment

      • 1/5 Norfolk Regiment

      • 1/5 Suffolk Regiment

      • 1/8 Hampshire Regiment

    • Royal Engineers

      • 1/2 East Anglian Field Coy RE

      • 2/1 East Anglian Field Coy RE

  • 2nd Mounted Division

    • 1st (South Midland) Bde

      • 1/1 Warwickshire Yeomanry

      • 1/1 Worcestershire Yeomanry

      • 1/1 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

    • 2nd (South Midland) Bde

      • 1/1 Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

      • 1/1 Berkshire Yeomanry

      • 1/1 Dorsetshire Yeomanry

    • 3rd (Notts and Derby) Bde

      • 1/1 Sherwood Rangers

      • 1/1 Derbyshire Yeomanry

      • 1/1 South Nottinghamshire Hussars

    • 4th (London) Bde

      • 1/1 County of London Yeomanry

      • 1/3 County of London Yeomanry

      • 1/1 City of London Yeomanry

    • 5th Bde

      • 1/1 Hertfordshire Yeomanry

      • 1/2 County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Division)

Corps Expeditionnaire d’ORIENT (French & French Colonial)

  • 1st Division

    • 1st Metropolitan Brigade

      • 175th Regiment

      • 1st Regiment de marche d’Afrique made up of

        • 2nd Bn Zouave, 

        • 1st Bn Foreign Legion

      • Foreign Legion Battalion (2 Coys)

    • 2nd Colonial Brigade

      • 4th Colonial Regiment

      • 6th Colonial Regiment

    • French Artillery

      • 6 Batteries of Artillery (75mm)

      • 2 Batteries of Artillery (65mm)

  • 2nd Division

    • 3rd Metropolitan Brigade

      • 176th Regiment

      • 2nd Regiment de marche d’Afrique (3rd Bn Zouave)

    • 4th Colonial Brigade

    • 7th Colonial Regiment

      • 8th Colonial Regiment

      • 9 Batteries of Artillery (75mm)

    • Corps Artillery

      • 1 Heavy Battery 120mm Long

      • 1 Heavy Battery 155mm Long

      • 2 Heavy Battery 155mm Short

      • 2 Siege Gun 240mm

      • Battery of Naval Guns

Source: The Official History of the Great War, Military Operations Gallipoli Vol. II by Brig. Gen CF Aspinall-Oglander, Imperial War Museum, London 1992
ANZAC Troops involved. (Strictly speaking this is not an ORBAT, rather it is a list of units involved)

ANZAC stands for Australian & New Zealand Army Corps

1st Division Australian Imperial Force (AIF)

  • 1st Division Artillery

    • 1st Field Artillery Brigade [12 x 18 pounders]

      • 1st, 2nd, 3rd Field Artillery Batteries (New South Wales)

      • 1st Brigade Ammunition Column

    • 2nd Field Artillery Brigade [12 x 18 pounders]

      • 4th, 5th, 6th Field Artillery Batteries (Victoria)

      • 2nd Brigade Ammunition Column

    • 3rd Field Artillery Brigade [12 x 18 pounders]

      • 7th, 8th, 9th Field Artillery Batteries (Queensland; Western Australia; Tasmania)

      • 3rd Brigade Ammunition Column

    • 1st Heavy Battery [2 x 6 inch howitzers, 1 x 4.7 inch gun]

    • 1st Division Ammunition Column

  • 1st Division Engineers

    • 1st, 2nd, 3rd Field Companies (New South Wales; Victoria; Outer States)

    • 1st Signal Company

    • 2nd Signal Troop

  • 1st Infantry Brigade

    • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry Battalions (New South Wales)

  • 2nd Infantry Brigade

    • 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Infantry Battalions (Victoria)

  • 3rd Infantry Brigade

    • 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Infantry Battalions (Queensland; South Australia; Western Australia; Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia)

  • 1st Division Medical Services

    • 1st, 2nd, 3rd Field Ambulances (New South Wales; Victoria; Outer States)

    • 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance

    • 1st Sanitary Company  

  • 4th Light Horse Regiment (Victoria)

  • 2nd Light Horse Brigade

    • 5th, 6th, 7th Light Horse Regiments (Queensland; New South Wales; New South Wales)

  • 1st Divisional Train

    • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th Army Service Corps Companies (New South Wales and Victoria; New South Wales; Victoria; South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania)

New Zealand & Australian Division

  • New Zealand and Australian Division Artillery
    • New Zealand 1st Field Artillery Brigade [8 x 18 pounders, 4 x 5 inch howitzers]
      • New Zealand 1st, 3rd Field Artillery Batteries
      • New Zealand 6th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery
      • New Zealand 1st Brigade Ammunition Column
    • New Zealand 2nd Field Artillery Brigade [8 x 18 pounders, 4 x 5 inch howitzers]
      • New Zealand 2nd, 5th Field Artillery Batteries
      • New Zealand 4th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Batteries
      • New Zealand 2nd Brigade Ammunition Column
  • New Zealand and Australian Division Engineers
    • 5th Field Company
    • New Zealand 1st, 2nd Field Companies
    • New Zealand and Australian Division Signals Company
  • 4th Infantry Brigade
    • 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th Infantry Battalions (New South Wales; Victoria; Queensland and Tasmania; Western Australia and South Australia)
  • New Zealand 1st Infantry Brigade
    • New Zealand Auckland, Canterbury, Otago, Wellington Infantry Battalions
    • Maori Infantry Battalion
  • New Zealand and Australian Division Medical Services
    • 4th Field Ambulance
    • New Zealand and Australian Field Ambulance
    • New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance
  • 1st Light Horse Brigade
    • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Light Horse Regiments (New South Wales; Queensland and Northern Territory; South Australia and Tasmania; Victoria)
  • 3rd Light Horse Brigade
    • 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th Light Horse Regiments (Victoria; Victoria and South Australia; Western Australia; New South Wales)
  • New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
    • New Zealand Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiments
    • New Zealand Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
  • New Zealand and Australian Division Train
    • 5th, 7th, 12th Australian Army Service Corps Companies
    • 1st New Zealand Army Service Corps Company
  • New Zealand and Australian Division Mobile Veterinary Section

2nd Division AIF

  • 2nd Division Artillery
    • 4th Field Artillery Brigade [12 x 18 pounders]
      • 10th, 11th, 12th Field Artillery Batteries
      • 4th Brigade Ammunition Column
    • 5th Field Artillery Brigade [12 x 18 pounders]
      • 13th, 14th, 15th Field Artillery Batteries
      • 5th Brigade Ammunition Column
    • 6th Field Artillery Brigade [12 x 18 pounders]
      • 16th, 17th, 18th Field Artillery Batteries
      • 6th Brigade Ammunition Column
  • 2nd Division Engineers
    • 4th, 5th Field Companies (New South Wales; Victoria)
    • 2nd Signal Company
  • 5th Infantry Brigade
    • 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Infantry Battalions (New South Wales)
  • 6th Infantry Brigade
    • 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th Infantry Battalions (Victoria)
  • 7th Infantry Brigade
    • 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th Infantry Battalions (Queensland; Queensland and Tasmania; South Australia; Western Australia)
  • 2nd Division Medical Services
    • 5th, 6th, 7th Field Ambulances (New South Wales; Victoria; Outer States)
  • 13th Light Horse Regiment (Victoria)
  • 2nd Divisional Train
    • 15th, 16th, 17th, 20th Army Service Corps Companies
  • 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section

This copy supplied  by Ross Mallett (ADFA) 
[Austria-Hungary War Ensign] Turkish, German &   Austro Hungarian units involved

TURKISH FORCES ON THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA 1915

On March 24, 1915, Turkey formed a special army for the defence of the Dardanelles with a vigorous
German officer, General Liman von Sanders, in command of it. Von Sanders, a personal representative of the Kaiser, was originally appointed Inspector-General of the Turkish Army. The Dardanelles force, comprising Turks, Arabs and Armenians with a sprinkling of Germans, was named the 5th Turkish Army. With a fighting strength of about 62,100 its major formations were:

  • III Army Corps on the peninsula.

  • XV Army Corps Asiatic Turkey, south of the Straits.

  • 5th Division and an independent cavalry brigade in European Turkey, just north of the peninsula.

At the time of the Allied landings the III Army Corps provided the entire garrison. It comprised the following:

  • 7th Division - 

    • 19th, 

    • 20th and 

    • 21st Regiments.

  • 9th Division - 

    • 25th, 

    • 26th and 

    • 27th Regiments.

    • A field battalion of Gendarmerie (The Broussa) was attached to the 9th Division.

  • 19th Division - 

    • 57th, 

    • 72nd and 

    • 77th Regiments.

The 7th Division was based in the Bulair defence area. The 9th Division was responsible for the defence of possible landing places on the peninsula while the 19th was held in reserve in the vicinity of Maidos, from where it could be thrown quickly into action in either the Gaba Tepe or Cape Helles areas.

By mid-August, following the Suvla landing, Helles, Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair operations, the Turkish Army had increased substantially:

  • At Helles there were about 26,000 Turks (with reserves) facing 23,000 British and 17,000 French.

  • At Anzac, some 47,000 Turks faced 25,000 Australians and New Zealanders.

  • At SuvIa 20,000 (with 8,000 in reserve) held fewer than 30,000 British.

There was little difference in the numbers of the opposing armies: Turkish 101,000 (including reserves); British 95,000.

Interestingly, by the end of August, 1915, the Turkish forces at Gallipoli were reliably estimated to be half of that country's entire Army. There were then 22 divisions supported by artillery and other troops. Germans manned some of the key positions of gun batteries in the Dardanelles Straits besides directing some of the, artillery fire. Before the end of the campaign, two Austrian field batteries had been added to the Turkish artillery.

At the beginning of August, the number of Turkish divisions at Gallipoli was only slightly more than half of the total at the end of the month. This illustrates the manner in which the Turks constantly matched the increases of the Allied force.

For instance, at Helles, there were the two French divisions and the British 29th, Royal Naval, 42nd and 52nd. They were opposed by the Turkish 1st, 4th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th divisions, comprising a total of 72 battalions (roughly equal in strength to the French and British) with 163 howitzers and field guns and 45 machine-guns.  

From Gallipoli The Incredible Campaign by Tim Swifte
 

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