Initial Landing (25 April 1915)

Z Beach

-First wave was half of the 9th, 10th and 11th battalions of the 3rd brigade of the Australian 1st Division[6][7].
-Second wave (~an hour later) was the other half of the 9th, 10th and 11th battalions and the complete 12th battalion [6][7]
-The rest of the 1st Division, the 1st and 2nd Brigades, landed a couple of hours later. [6][7]
-The New Zealand and Australian Division had landed by the end of the day [7]
-The New Zealand and Australian Division also had a M?ori infantry battalion [13]. (Is this in addition to the other 8?) The Native Contingent landed at Anzac Cove on 3 July 1915. Here they joined the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and were largely employed as pioneers but they did see action in battle. [19]

Helles

29th Division 86th Brigade 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (W Beach) 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers (V Beach - got mauled, relocated to W beach) 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (V Beach - got mauled) 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (X Beach) 87th Brigade 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (Y Beach) 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (X Beach) 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment (X Beach) 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers (3/4 landed on S beach, 1/4 on Y Beach) 88th Brigade 2nd Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment (V but relocated to W) 4th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (Landed some time later in the day, I think W Beach) 5th Battalion, Royal Scots (Not that clear when or where these landed but I'd guess W beach on the first day) 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment (Not that clear when or where these landed but I'd guess W beach on the first day) 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 3rd Marine Brigade 11th (Plymouth) Battalion (Y Beach) Pretty sure there was another RND Battalion here but not sure which and where. (I think this is Hood Batt, as they show up at Krithia prior to 6th May [22] -- Phil)

-The 29th Division augmented by two battalions from the Royal Naval Division; the Plymouth and Anson Battalions [3]
-35,000 men [1]
-12 Battalions [3]
-Under the Command of Major-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston [2]

The plan was to land in two parts. Firstly a covering force, the 86th Brigade plus some additional units, would land and secure the beaches. The main force would follow up and advance to the first day objectives; the village of Krithia and the hill of Achi Baba. [3]

the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers and 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers — had been so badly mauled during the landing that they were combined to form a composite battalion, known as the "Dubsters". The battalions were reformed following the evacuation. The Munsters moved to the 48th Brigade of the 16th (Irish) Division in May 1916. They were joined in the 16th Division by the Dubliners in October 1917. [3]

S Beach

-1 Battalion of reduced size. [1]
-Three companies of the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. [3]
-The opposition of 15 Turks were swiftly captured and casualties were light. These companies remained, virtually untouched, for two days until the French took over the right flank at Helles. [3]

V Beach

-3 Battalions, 1 of these Battalions was split with half landing at V Beach and half at Sedd El Bahr [1]
-First the 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, (700 men) landed . The 1st Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers plus two companies of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Hampshire Regiment (from the 88th Brigade) and one company of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (2000 men) were ready to land. Of these only 4 companies landed on V Beach. [3]

-~2000 casualties [3]

W Beach

-1 Battalion [1] shortly followed by 3 more Battalions [1]
-The 1st Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers (The battalion suffered 533 casualties, over half its strength) [3][5]. The Main force then landed on W beach (includes those which couldn't land on V Beach(?)).

-W Beach became the main British base at Helles for the rest of the campaign. [3]

X Beach

-1 Battalion shortly followed by 2 more Battalions [1]
-Two companies of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, were ashore by 6.30am without a casualty. The beach had been covered by 12 Turks who fled from the point-blank bombardment by the battleship [3].
-The 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment and 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, landed at X Beach later in the day.[3]
-These men joined up with W Beach within hours. [3]

Y Beach

-2 Battalions [1]
-Two thousand men were landed at Y Beach, starting at 5.45am. They consisted of the Plymouth Battalion, RND, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey Matthews, the 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers under Lieutent Colonel Archibald Koe and a company from the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.[3]

-This beach and Krithia were deserted but due to command problems these battalions did nothing until they were counter attacked 12 hours later and suffered 700 casualties. They then made an unauthorized retreat. [3]

Elsewhere

A Division of French landed at Kum Kale, "the rest" of the British feinted north of Bulair and "part" of the French feinted at Besika Bay. [1]

Reinforcements

Royal Naval (63rd) Division 1st Naval Brigade 1st (Drake) Battalion 5th (Nelson) Battalion (28th April, Anzac) 12th (Deal) Royal Marine Battalion (28th April, Anzac) 2nd Naval Brigade 6th (Howe) Battalion 7th (Hood) Battalion 8th (Anson) Battalion 3rd Marine Brigade 9th (Chatham) Battalion (28th April, Anzac) 10th (Portsmouth) Battalion (28th April, Anzac) 29th Indian Infantry Brigade 14th Battalion Ferozepur Sikhs (28th April, Helles) 1st Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles (28th April, Helles) 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles (28th April, Helles) 2nd Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles (28th April, Helles) Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient Initially Landed at Kum Kale as a diversion. 1st French Division Arrived at Helles on April 27th 1st Metropolitan Brigade 175th Regiment Battalion 1 175th Regiment Battalion 2 175th Regiment Battalion 3 2nd Battalion 1st Regiment Zouave 1st Battalion 1st Regiment Foreign Legion 2nd Battalion 1st Regiment Foreign Legion 2nd Colonial Brigade 4th Colonial Regiment Battalion 1 4th Colonial Regiment Battalion 2 4th Colonial Regiment Battalion 3 6th Colonial Regiment Battalion 1 6th Colonial Regiment Battalion 2 6th Colonial Regiment Battalion 3 2nd French Division Arrived at Helles May 6-8 3rd Metropolitan Brigade 176th Regiment Battalion 1 176th Regiment Battalion 2 176th Regiment Battalion 3 3rd Battalion 2nd Regiment Zouave 1st Battalion 2nd Regiment Foreign Legion 3rd battalion 2nd Regiment Foreign Legion 4th Colonial Brigade 7th Colonial Regiment Battalion 1 7th Colonial Regiment Battalion 2 7th Colonial Regiment Battalion 3 8th Colonial Regiment Battalion 1 8th Colonial Regiment Battalion 2 8th Colonial Regiment Battalion 3 42nd (East Lancashire) Division Arrived in May (when exactly??) at Helles 125 Lancashire Fusilier Brigade 1st Battalion 5th Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion 6th Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion 7th Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion 8th Lancashire Fusiliers 126 East Lancashire Brigade 1st Battalion 4th East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion 5th East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion 9th Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion 10th Manchester Regiment 127 Manchester Brigade 1st Battalion 5th Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion 6th Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion 7th Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion 8th Manchester Regiment 52nd (Lowland) Division The 156 was definitely landed before June 28 and the 155 and 157 were definitely landed before July 12. 155 (South Scottish) Brigade 1/4th Battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1/4th (The Border) Battalion, the King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, the King's Own Scottish Borderers 156 (Scottish Rifle) Brigade 1/4th (Queens Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, the Royal Scots 1/7th Battalion, the Royal Scots 1/7th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1/8th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 157 (Highland Light) Infantry Brigade 1/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry Regiment 1/6th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry Regiment 1/7th (Blythswood) Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry Regiment 1/5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

-On April 28 the Anzacs were reinforced by the arrival of four battalions of the Royal Naval Division; the Chatham, Portsmouth and Deal Battalions of the Royal Marine Brigade and the Nelson Battalion of the 1st Royal Naval Brigade. [6][10]

-The French Corps expéditionnaire d'Orient had already redeployed to Helles by April 28 [16]

-The Hawke, Bendow and Collingwood Battalions later joined the RND and in early august RND amalgamated into 2 marine brigades [24]

-Some time in April Helles was reinforced by the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade. These were initially meant to help the anzacs but were diverted. [8][13] At least the 6th bat was already present in the first battle of Krithia on the 28th [16]

• 14th Bn. Ferozepur Sikhs [8]
• 1st Bn. 5th Gurkha Rifles [8]
• 1st Bn. 6th Gurkha Rifles [8]
• 2nd Bn.10th Gurkha Rifles [8]

-The majority of reinforcements were directed to Helles, Anzac receiving only the dismounted Australian light horse and New Zealand mounted regiments. (not counting any reinforcements in April) [6]

-The British Lancashire (42nd) Division started to arrive in May [11][10]

-On the 5/6th of May the 2nd Australian Brigade and the NZ Brigade were moved to Helles [24]

-On September 19 the Royal Newfoundland Regiment arrives as reinforcement for Suvla bay. [10]

-In May 1915, the Australian and New Zealand mounted soldiers were sent to Gallipoli as infantry reinforcements, the Australian 1st and 3rd Light Horse Brigades and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade joined the division. As mounted brigades contained fewer men than infantry brigades, and these brigades had left a portion of their strength in Egypt to attend the horses, each brigade mustered only about 1500 men and hence combined were roughly equivalent to the missing infantry brigade.[13]

-The Australian 2nd Division began arriving on July 26 and had a srength of 18000
5th Brigade: 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Inf Bns from NSW;
6th Brigade: 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Inf Bns from VIC; and
7th Brigade: 25th (QLD), 26th (QLD and TAS), 27th (SA) and 28th (WA) Inf Bns. [20][21]

Suvla Bay 6 August 1915

IX Corps Landed on Suvla Bay. Commanded by the infamously bad General Stopford. 10th (Irish) Division Landed 6th of August. 29th Brigade 30th Brigade 31st Brigade 11th (Northern) Division Landed 6th of August 32nd Brigade 33rd Brigade 34th Brigade 13th (Western) Division Landed 6th at Anzac cove (?) 38th Brigade 39th Brigade 40th Brigade 53rd (Welsh) Division Landed 8th of August 158th (North Wales) Brigade 159th (Chesire) Brigade 160th (Welsh Border) Brigade 54th (East Anglican) Division Landed 8th of August. 161st (Essex) Brigade 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 163rd (Norfolk and Suffolk) Brigade

-The 29th Division also redeployed to Suvla.

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