OoB - August Offensive

ORDER OF BATTLE MEDITERRANEAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AUGUST 1915


Commander-in-Chief: General Sir Ian Hamilton, G.C.B.
Chief of the General Staff: Major-General W. P. Braithwaite, C.B.
Deputy Adjutant-General: Brigadier-General E. M. Woodward,
Deputy Quartermaster-General: Major-General G. F. Ellison
(succeeded Brigadier-General S. H. Winter, 7th August)



VIII CORPS
G.O.C: Lieutenant-General Sir F. J. Davies, K.C.B.
(replaced Major-General W. Douglas, in temporary command, 8th August)
Brigadier-General, General Staff: Brigadier-General H. E. Street




29th Division
Major-General H. de B. de Lisle, C.B.

86th Brigade:
2nd Royal Fusiliers
1st Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Royal Munster Fusiliers
1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers

87th Brigade:
2nd South Wales Borderers
1st King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1st The Border Regiment

88th Brigade:
4th Worcestershire Regiment
2nd Hampshire Regiment
1st Essex Regiment
1/5th Royal Scots (T.F.)

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
90th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
14th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
1/2nd London, 1/2nd Lowland & 1/1st West Riding Field Companies, Royal Engineers (T.F.)

Divisional Cyclist Company.



42nd (East Lancashire) Division (T.F.)
Major-General W. Douglas, C.B.
(resumed command from Brigadier-General W .R. Marshall, 8th August)

125th Brigade:
1/5th Lancashire Fusiliers
1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers
1/7th Lancashire Fusiliers
1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers

126th Brigade:
1/4th East Lancashire Regiment
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
1/9th Manchester Regiment
1/10th Manchester Regiment

127th Brigade:
1/5th Manchester Regiment
1/6th Manchester Regiment
1/7th Manchester Regiment
1/8th Manchester Regiment

1/1st East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (4th, 5th, & 6th Batteries)*
1/2nd East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (15th, 16th & 17th Batteries)**
1/3rd East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (18th, 19th & 20th Batteries)***
1/4th East Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (1st, 2nd & Cumberland Batteries)
1/1st East Lancashire, 1/2nd East Lancashire & 1/2nd West Lancashire Field Companies, Royal Engineers
* 4th Battery and 1 section 6th Battery did not arrive from Egypt until September
** In Egypt
*** 19th & 20th Batteries did not arrive from Egypt until September

 




52nd (Lowland) Division (T.F.)
Major-General G. G. A. Egerton, C.B.

155th Brigade:
1/4th Royal Scots Fusiliers
1/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers
1/4th King's Own Scottish Borderers
1/5th King's Own Scottish Borderers

156th Brigade:
1/4th Royal Scots.
1/7th Royal Scots.
1/7th Scottish Rifles
1/8th Scottish Rifles

157th Brigade:
1/5th Highland Light Infantry
1/6th Highland Light Infantry
1/7th Highland Light Infantry
1/5th Argyll and Southerland Highlanders

1/2nd Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (attached 52nd Division till 28th August)
1/4th Lowland (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (1/4th & 1/5th City of Glasgow Batteries)
2/1st and 2/2nd Lowland Field Companies, Royal Engineers
Divisional Cyclist Company

 




Royal Naval Division
Major-General A. Paris, C.B.

1st Brigade:
Drake Battalion
Nelson Battalion
Hawke Battalion
Hood Battalion

2nd Brigade:
No.1 Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
No.2 Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Howe Battalion
Anson Battalion (on beach duties at Suvla)

1st, 2nd & 3rd Field Companies, R.N.D. Engineers
Divisional Cyclist Company



IX CORPS
G.O.C: Lieutenant-General Hon. Sir F. W. Stopford, K.C.M.G.
Brigadier-General Staff: Brigadier-General H. L. Reed, V.C.




10th (Irish) Division
Lieutenant-General Sir B. T. Mahon, K.C.V.O.

29th Brigade: (attached A. & N.Z. Corps)
10th Hampshire Regiment
6th Royal Irish Rifles
5th Connaught Rangers
6th Leinster Regiment

30th Brigade:
6th Royal Munster Fusiliers
7th Royal Munster Fusiliers
6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers
7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers

31st Brigade:
5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
5th Royal Irish Fusiliers
6th Royal Irish Fusiliers

5th Royal Irish Regiment (Pioneers)

LIV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)*
LV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)**
LVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)***
LVII (Howitzer) Brigade, (H.Q. with A & D Batteries only)
65th, 66th and 85th Field Companies, Royal Engineers
Divisional Cyclist Company
* Did not come further than Mudros. Eventually went to Salonika
**A & C Batteries did not arrive from Egypt until September
*** At Helles. A & B Batteries did not arrive from Egypt until October



11th (Northern) Division
Major-General F. Hammersley, C.B.

32nd Brigade:
9th West Yorkshire Regiment
6th Yorkshire Regiment
8th West Riding Regiment
6th York and Lancaster Regiment

33rd Brigade:
6th Lincolnshire Regiment
6th The Border Regiment
7th South Staffordshire Regiment
9th Sherwood Foresters

34th Brigade:
8th Northumberland Fusiliers
9th Lancashire Fusiliers
5th Dorsetshire Regiment
11th Manchester Regiment

6th East Yorkshire Regiment (Pioneers)

LVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)
LIX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)
LX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)*
67th, 68th & 86th Field Companies, Royal Engineers
Divisional cyclist Company
* In Egypt. Eventually sent to Salonika



13th (Western) Division
Major-General F. C. Shaw, C.B.
(Division attached to A. & N. Z. Corps)

38th Brigade:
6th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
6th East Lancashire Regiment
6th South Lancashire Regiment
6th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

39th Brigade:
9th Royal Warwickshire Regiment
7th Gloucestershire Regiment
9th Worcestershire Regiment
7th North Staffordshire Regiment

40th Brigade:
4th South Wales Borderers
8th Royal Welch Fusiliers
8th Cheshire Regiment
5th Wiltshire Regiment

8th Welch Regiment (Pioneers)

LXVI Brigade, Royal field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)*
LXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)**
LXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)**
LXIX (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (A, B, C & D Batteries)***
71st, 72nd & 88th Field Companies, Royal Engineers
Divisional Cyclist Company
* At Helles
** In Egypt. Eventually sent to Salonika
*** At Anzac

IX Corps Troops
4th (Highland) Mountain Artillery Brigade (T.F.): Argyllshire Battery and Ross & Cromarty Battery


ATTACHED IX CORPS

53rd (Welsh) Division) (T.F.)
Major-General Hon. J. E. Lindley
(succeeded by Brigadier-General Hon. H. A. Lawrence 19th August.
Brigadier-General W. R. Marshall took command 25th August)

158th Brigade:
1/5th Royal Welch Fusiliers
1/6th Royal Welch Fusiliers
1/7th Royal Welch Fusiliers
1/1st Herefordshire Regiment

159th Brigade:
1/4th Cheshire Regiment
1/7th Cheshire Regiment
1/4th Welch Regiment
1/5th Welch Regiment

160th Brigade:
2/4th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
1/4th Royal Sussex Regiment
2/4th Royal West Kent Regiment
2/10th Middlesex Regiment

1/1st Welsh & 2/1st Cheshire Field Companies, Royal Engineers
Divisional Cyclist Company



54th (East Anglian) Division (T.F.)
Major-General F. S. Inglefield, C. B.

161st Brigade:
1/4th Essex Regiment
1/5th Essex Regiment
1/6th Essex Regiment
1/7th Essex Regiment

162nd Brigade:
1/5th Bedfordshire Regiment
1/4th Northamptonshire Regiment
1/10th London Regiment
1/11th London Regiment

163rd Brigade:
1/4th Norfolk Regiment
1/5th Norfolk Regiment
1/5th Suffolk Regiment
1/8th Hampshire Regiment

1/2nd & 2/1st East Anglian Field Companies, Royal Engineers
Divisional Cyclist Company



2nd Mounted Division (dismounted)
Major-General W. E. Peyton, C.B.

1st (South Midland) Brigade:
1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry
1/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry

2nd (South Midland) Brigade:
1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars)
1/1st Dorsetshire Yeomanry
1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry

3rd (Notts  & Derby) Brigade:
1/1st Sherwood Rangers
1/1st South Notts Hussars
1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry

4th (London) Brigade:
1/1st County of London Yeomanry
1/1st City of London Yeomanry
1/3rd County of London Yeomanry

5th Brigade: (attached)
1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry
1/2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)



AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND ARMY CORPS
G.O.C: Lieutenant-General Sir W. R. Birdwood, K.C.S.I.
Brigadier-General, General Staff: Brigadier-General A. Skeen




1st Australian Division
Major-General H. B. Walker, D.S.O.

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 (N.S.W.) Field Artillery Brigade (1st, 2nd & 3rd Batteries)
II (Victoria) Field Artillery Brigade (4th, 5th & 6th Batteries)
III Field Artillery Brigade: 7th (Queensland), 8th (W. Australia) & 9th (Tasmania) Batteries
1st, 2nd & 3rd Field Companies, Australian Engineers
4th (Victoria) Light Horse Regiment (dismounted)



New Zealand & Australian Division
Major-General Sir A. J. Godley, K.C.M.G.

New Zealand Brigade:
Auckland Battalion
Canterbury Battalion
Otago Battalion
Wellington Battalion

4th Australian Brigade:
13th (N.S.W.) Battalion
14th (Victoria) Battalion
15th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion
16th (S. & W. Australia) Battalion

New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (dismounted):
Auckland Mounted Rifles
Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Wellington Mounted Rifles

1st Australian Light Horse Brigade (dismounted):
1st (N.S.W.) Regiment
2nd (Queensland) Regiment
3rd (S. Australia & Tasmania) Regiment

Maori Detachment

I New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade (1st & 3rd Batteries & 6th Howitzer Battery)*
II New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade (2nd & 5th Batteries & 4th Howitzer Battery)*
1st & 2nd Field Companies, New Zealand Engineers
N. Z. Field Troop, Engineers
Otago Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
* H.Q. 2nd Brigade and 6th (Howitzer) Battery did not arrive from Egypt till October.
N.Z. artillery was then organized in 2 brigades



2nd Australian Division *
Major-General J. G. Legge

5th Australian Brigade:
17th (N.S.W.) Battalion
18th (N.S.W.) Battalion
19th (N.S.W.) Battalion
20th (N.S.W.) Battalion

6th Australian Brigade:
21st (Victoria) Battalion
22nd (Victoria) Battalion
23rd (Victoria) Battalion
24th (Victoria) Battalion

7th Australian Brigade:
25th (Queensland) Battalion
26th (Queensland & Tasmania) Battalion
27th (South Australia) Battalion
28th (Western Australia) Battalion

4th & 5th Field Companies, Australian Engineers
13th (Victoria) Light Horse Regiment (dismounted)
*only 5th Austr. Bde. Present on peninsula in August.
Remainder arrived from Egypt early in September



A & NZ ARMY CORPS TROOPS

2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade (dismounted):
5th (Queensland) Regiment
6th (N.S.W.) Regiment
7th (N.S.W.) Regiment

3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade (dismounted):
8th (Victoria) Regiment
9th (Vic. & S. Australia) Regiment
10th (Western Australia) Regiment
7th Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade: 21st (Kohat) Battery and 26th (Jacob's) Battery
Un-brigaded artillery: One 4.7-inch Gun and three 6-inch Howitzers

Attached New Zealand & Australian Division:
29th Indian Infantry Brigade: Major-General H. V. Cox
14th Sikhs
1/5th Gurkha Rifles
1/6th Gurkha Rifles
2/10th Gurkha Rifles

G.H.Q.TROOPS
20th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery: 10th, 15th & 91st Heavy Batteries, R.G.A.
24th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery: 17th, 42nd & 43rd Siege Batteries, R.G.A. (in Egypt)
Armoured Car Division (R.N.A.S.): Nos. 3*, 4*, 9, 10, 11 & 12* Squadrons (* in Egypt)




CORPS EXPÉDITIONNAIRE d'ORIENT
Commander: General M. C. Bailloud,

1st Division
General J.-M. J. A. Brulard,

1st Metropolitan Brigade:
175th Regiment
1st Regiment de marche d'Afrique (2 Battalions Zouaves, 1 Battalion Foreign Legion)
Foreign Legion Battalion (2 Companies)

2nd Colonial Brigade:
4th Colonial Regiment
6th Colonial Regiment

6 Batteries of Artillery (75-mm.)
2 Batteries of Artillery (65-mm.)



2nd Division

3rd Metropolitan Brigade:
176th Regiment
2nd Regiment de marche d'Afrique (3 Battalions Zouaves)

4th Colonial Brigade:
7th Colonial Regiment
8th Colonial Regiment

9 Batteries of Artillery (75-mm.)

Corps Artillery
1 Heavy Battery, 120-mm. long (4.7-inch)
1 Heavy Battery, 155-mm. long (6-inch)
2 Heavy Batteries, 155-mm. short (6-inch)
2 Siege Guns, 240-mm. (9.4-inch)
Battery of naval guns.