World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula
_Censor_, Captain William Maxwell (the well-known war correspondent
in former campaigns).
_Principal Chaplain_, The Rev. A. C. Hordern.
HEADQUARTERS OF BASE.
_Base Commandant_, Brigadier-General C. R. M‘Grigor, C.B.
_General Staff Officer_, Major E. A. Plunkett (Lincolnshire Regiment).
_Assistant Quartermaster-General_, Lieut.-Colonel P. C. J. Scott
(A.S.C.).
_Assistant Director of Medical Services_, Major M. J. Sexton
(R.A.M.C.).
HEADQUARTERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
_Director of Army Signals_, Lieut.-Colonel M. G. E. Bowman-Manifold
(R.E.).
_Director of Supplies and Transport_, Colonel F. W. B. Koe, C.B.
_Assistant Director of Transport_, Major O. Striedinger (A.S.C.).
_Director of Ordnance Services_, Colonel R. W. M. Jackson, C.B.,
C.M.G.
_Director of Works_, Brigadier-General G. S. M‘D. Elliot.
_Director of Medical Services_, Surgeon-General W. E. Birrell.
_Paymaster-in-Chief_, Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Armstrong (A.P.D.).
The total number of the Staff at the beginning of the great enterprise
was eighty-four. Brigadier-General Woodward and Surgeon-General Birrell
did not arrive till April 19, having remained in Egypt under orders
to organise the hospitals. In their absence the general scheme for
the evacuation of the wounded was drawn up by Lieut.-Colonel A. E. C.
Keble, R.A.M.C.
[Sidenote: AVAILABLE FORCES]
The military force under Sir Ian’s command at the beginning of the
campaign was composed as follows:
THE 29TH DIVISION.
_Commander_, Major-General A. G. Hunter-Weston, C.B., D.S.O.
_Divisional Artillery Commander_, Brigadier-General R. W. Breeks.
_Division Engineers Commander_, Lieut.-Colonel C. B. Kingston (R.E.).
_86th Infantry Brigade._
_Commander_, Brigadier-General S. W. Hare.
(1) 2nd Royal Fusiliers.
(2) 1st Lancashire Fusiliers.
(3) 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers.
(4) 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
_87th Infantry Brigade._
_Commander_, Brigadier-General W. R. Marshall.
(1) 2nd South Wales Borderers.
(2) 1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
(3) 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
(4) 1st Border Regiment.
_88th Infantry Brigade._
_Commander_, Brigadier-General H. E. Napier.
(1) 4th Worcester Regiment.
(2) 2nd Hampshire Regiment.
(3) 1st Essex Regiment.
(4) 5th Royal Scots (Territorials).
THE ANZAC ARMY CORPS.
_General Officer Commanding_, Lieut.-General Sir W. R. Birdwood,
K.C.S.I., C.B., C.I.E., D.S.O.
_Brigadier-General, General Staff_, Brigadier-General H. B. Walker,
D.S.O.
_General Staff Officer_, Lieut.-Colonel A. Skeen (24th Punjabis).
_Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General_, Brigadier-General R. A.
Carruthers, C.B.
_Medical Officer_, Colonel C. S. Ryan, V.D. (A.A.M.C.).
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