Orders of Battle, 1st Battle of Gaza
British and Imperial Forces
Eastern Force
General Officer Commanding:
Major-General (temp. Lieutenant-General) Sir Charles Dobell KCB CMG DSO
Force Troops
Imperial Camel Corps Brigade
Major (temp. Brig.-General) C L Smith VC MC
1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions
Hong Kong and Singapore Camel Battery
Brigade Signal Section
Brigade Field Troop RE
Brigade Machine Gun Company
1/1st Scottish Horse Field Ambulance
229th Infantry Brigade (from 74th Division)
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) R. Hoare
16th Devonshire Regiment, 12th Somerset Light Infantry, 14th Royal Highlanders, 12th Royal Scots Fusiliers
4th Machine gun Company
11 and 12 Light Armoured Car Batteries
4th Light Car Patrol
10th Heavy Battery RGA
91st Heavy Battery RGA
52nd (Lowland) Division
General Officer Commanding:
Colonel (temp. Major-General) W. E. B. Smith CB CMG
155th Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) J. B. Pollok-M'Call CMG
l/4th and 1/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers, l/4th and 1/5th King's Own Scottish Borderers
155th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
156th Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) A. H. Leggett DSO
l/4th and 1/7th Royal Scots, l/7th and 1/8th Scottish Rifles
156th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
157th Infantry Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) C. D. H. Moore DSO
l/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Highland Light Infantry, l/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
157th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
Divisional Troops
Mounted Troops: H.Q. and "C" Squadron, Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
Artillery: 261st, 262nd and 263rd Brigades, R.F.A.
52nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Engineers: 2/lst, 2/2nd and 1/2nd Lowland Field Companies, R.E.
Signal Service: 52nd Divisional Signal Company
A.S.C.: 52nd Divisional Train
Medical Units: 1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd Lowland Field Ambulances
54th (East Anglian) Division
General Officer Commanding: Colonel (temp. Major-General) S. W. Hare CB
161st Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) W. Marriott-Dodington
1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Essex Regiment
161st Brigade Machine-Gun Company
162nd Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) A. Mudge
1/5th Bedford Regiment, 1/4th Northampton Regiment, 1/10th and 1/11th London Regiment
162nd Brigade Machine-Gun Company
163rd Infantry Brigade
Major (Hon. Colonel, Temp. Brig.-General) T. Ward
1/4th and 1/5th Norfolk Regiment, 1/5th Suffolk Regiment, 1/8th Hampshire Regiment
163rd Brigade Machine-Gun Company
Divisional Troops
Mounted Troops: 1 Sqdn 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry (with H.Q. and Machine-Gun Section)
Artillery: 270th, 271st and 272nd Brigades, R.F.A.
54th Divisional Ammunition Column
Engineers: 2/1st E. Anglian Field Company, R.E.
1/2nd E. Anglian Field Company, R.E.
1/1st Kent Field Company, R.E.
Signal Service: 54th Divisional Signal Company
A.S.C.: 54th Divisional Train
Medical: 2/1st, 1/2nd and 1/3rd E. Anglian Field Ambulances.
Desert Column
General Officer Commanding:
Major-General (temp. Lieutenant-General Sir P. W. Chetwode Bt CB DSO
Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division
General Officer Commanding:
Major-General Sir H. G. Chauvel KCMG CB
1st Australian Light Horse Brigade detached
2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) G. de L Ryrie CMG
5th, 6th and 7th Regiments Australian Light Horse
2nd Australian Light Horse Signal Troop
2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) E. W. C. Chaytor CB
Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiments
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Signal Troop
New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron
22nd Mounted Brigade
Colonel (temp, Brig.-General) F. A. B. Fryer
1/lst Lincolnshire Yeomanry, l/lst Staffordshire Yeomanry, l/lst East Riding Yeomanry
22nd Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
18th Machine Gun Squadron
Divisional Troops
Artillery: Leicester, Somerset, Inverness and Ayr Batteries RHA
Engineers: 1st Australian Field Squadron
Signal Service: 1st A. and N.Z. Signal Squadron
A.S.C.: H.Q. Light Horse Divisional A.S.C.
Mounted Divisional Ammunition Column
26 and 27 Australian Units of Supply
Medical: 1st and 2nd L.H. Field Ambulances
N.Z. Mounted Brigade Ambulance
1/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance
Imperial Mounted Division
General Officer Commanding:
Colonel (temp. Major-General) H. W. Hodgson CVO CB
3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) J. R. Royston CMG DSO
8th, 9th and 10th Regiments Australian Light Horse
3rd Australian Light Horse Signal Troop
3rd Australian Machine Gun Squadron
4th Australian Light Horse Brigade detached
5th Mounted Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) E. A. Wiggin, D.S.O.
1/1st Warwick Yeomanry, 1/1st Gloucester Yeomanry, 1/1st Worcester Yeomanry
5th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
16th Machine Gun Squadron
6th Mounted Brigade
Lieut.-Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) T. M. S. Pitt
1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry, 1/1st Dorsetshire Yeomanry
6th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
17th Machine Gun Squadron
Divisional Troops
Artillery: 1/1st Berkshire and 1/1st Nottinghamshire Batteries RHA
"A" and “B” Batteries HAC
Mounted Divisional Ammunition Column
Engineers: Imperial Mounted Division Field Squadron
Signal Service: Imperial Mounted Division Signal Squadron
Medical: 3rd and 4th L.H. Field Ambulances
1/1st South Midland Mounted and 1/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigades Field Ambulances
53rd (Welsh) Division
General Officer Commanding: Major-General A. E. Dallas, CB CMG
158th Infantry Brigade
Major (temp. Brig.-General) S. F. Mott
1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment
158th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
159th Infantry Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) J. H. du B. Travers CB
1/4th and 1/7th Cheshire Regiment, 1/4th and 1/5th Welsh Regiment
159th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
160th Infantry Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) W. J. C. Butler
1/4th Royal Sussex Regiment, 2/4th Royal West Surrey Regiment, 2/10th Middlesex Regiment
160th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
Divisional Troops
Mounted Troops: 1 Sqdn 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry
53rd Divisional Cyclist Company
Artillery: 1/1st Cheshire Brigade, R.F.A.
265th, 266th and 267th Brigades, R.F.A.
53rd Divisional Ammunition Column
Engineers: 1/1st and 2/1st Welsh Field Companies, R.E.
2/1st Cheshire Field Company, R.E.
Signal Service: 53rd Divisional Signal Company
A.S.C.: 53rd Divisional Train
Medical: 1/1st, 1/2nd and 1/3rd Welsh Field Ambulances
Money’s Detachment
Colonel N. Money
1/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, 2/4th Royal West Kent Regiment
‘A’ Section 15th Heavy Battery RGA
Ottoman Forces
Fourth Army
General Officer Commanding: Djemal Pasha
Field Commander: Colonel Baron Kress von Kressenstein
Group Tiller
Commander: Major von Tiller
(In Gaza)
Three battalions, 79th Infantry Regiment
Three battalions, 125th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 81st Infantry Regiment
Two batteries of Austrian heavy mountain howitzers
One battery of German 10 cm field guns
Two batteries of Ottoman field guns
One company cavalry
One company camelry
3rd Infantry Division
(At Jemmame)
31st Infantry Regiment
32nd Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Division
(At Tell el Sharia)
47th Infantry Regiment
48th Infantry Regiment
53rd Infantry Division
(Marching south from Jaffa)
3rd Cavalry Division
(At Beersheba)
6th Cavalry Regiment
7th Cavalry Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment
British and Imperial Forces
Eastern Force
General Officer Commanding:
Major-General (temp. Lieutenant-General) Sir Charles Dobell KCB CMG DSO
Force Troops
Imperial Camel Corps Brigade
Major (temp. Brig.-General) C L Smith VC MC
1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions
Hong Kong and Singapore Camel Battery
Brigade Signal Section
Brigade Field Troop RE
Brigade Machine Gun Company
1/1st Scottish Horse Field Ambulance
229th Infantry Brigade (from 74th Division)
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) R. Hoare
16th Devonshire Regiment, 12th Somerset Light Infantry, 14th Royal Highlanders, 12th Royal Scots Fusiliers
4th Machine gun Company
11 and 12 Light Armoured Car Batteries
4th Light Car Patrol
10th Heavy Battery RGA
91st Heavy Battery RGA
52nd (Lowland) Division
General Officer Commanding:
Colonel (temp. Major-General) W. E. B. Smith CB CMG
155th Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) J. B. Pollok-M'Call CMG
l/4th and 1/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers, l/4th and 1/5th King's Own Scottish Borderers
155th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
156th Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) A. H. Leggett DSO
l/4th and 1/7th Royal Scots, l/7th and 1/8th Scottish Rifles
156th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
157th Infantry Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) C. D. H. Moore DSO
l/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Highland Light Infantry, l/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
157th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
Divisional Troops
Mounted Troops: H.Q. and "C" Squadron, Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
Artillery: 261st, 262nd and 263rd Brigades, R.F.A.
52nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Engineers: 2/lst, 2/2nd and 1/2nd Lowland Field Companies, R.E.
Signal Service: 52nd Divisional Signal Company
A.S.C.: 52nd Divisional Train
Medical Units: 1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd Lowland Field Ambulances
54th (East Anglian) Division
General Officer Commanding: Colonel (temp. Major-General) S. W. Hare CB
161st Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) W. Marriott-Dodington
1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Essex Regiment
161st Brigade Machine-Gun Company
162nd Infantry Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) A. Mudge
1/5th Bedford Regiment, 1/4th Northampton Regiment, 1/10th and 1/11th London Regiment
162nd Brigade Machine-Gun Company
163rd Infantry Brigade
Major (Hon. Colonel, Temp. Brig.-General) T. Ward
1/4th and 1/5th Norfolk Regiment, 1/5th Suffolk Regiment, 1/8th Hampshire Regiment
163rd Brigade Machine-Gun Company
Divisional Troops
Mounted Troops: 1 Sqdn 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry (with H.Q. and Machine-Gun Section)
Artillery: 270th, 271st and 272nd Brigades, R.F.A.
54th Divisional Ammunition Column
Engineers: 2/1st E. Anglian Field Company, R.E.
1/2nd E. Anglian Field Company, R.E.
1/1st Kent Field Company, R.E.
Signal Service: 54th Divisional Signal Company
A.S.C.: 54th Divisional Train
Medical: 2/1st, 1/2nd and 1/3rd E. Anglian Field Ambulances.
Desert Column
General Officer Commanding:
Major-General (temp. Lieutenant-General Sir P. W. Chetwode Bt CB DSO
Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division
General Officer Commanding:
Major-General Sir H. G. Chauvel KCMG CB
1st Australian Light Horse Brigade detached
2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) G. de L Ryrie CMG
5th, 6th and 7th Regiments Australian Light Horse
2nd Australian Light Horse Signal Troop
2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) E. W. C. Chaytor CB
Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiments
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Signal Troop
New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron
22nd Mounted Brigade
Colonel (temp, Brig.-General) F. A. B. Fryer
1/lst Lincolnshire Yeomanry, l/lst Staffordshire Yeomanry, l/lst East Riding Yeomanry
22nd Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
18th Machine Gun Squadron
Divisional Troops
Artillery: Leicester, Somerset, Inverness and Ayr Batteries RHA
Engineers: 1st Australian Field Squadron
Signal Service: 1st A. and N.Z. Signal Squadron
A.S.C.: H.Q. Light Horse Divisional A.S.C.
Mounted Divisional Ammunition Column
26 and 27 Australian Units of Supply
Medical: 1st and 2nd L.H. Field Ambulances
N.Z. Mounted Brigade Ambulance
1/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance
Imperial Mounted Division
General Officer Commanding:
Colonel (temp. Major-General) H. W. Hodgson CVO CB
3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) J. R. Royston CMG DSO
8th, 9th and 10th Regiments Australian Light Horse
3rd Australian Light Horse Signal Troop
3rd Australian Machine Gun Squadron
4th Australian Light Horse Brigade detached
5th Mounted Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) E. A. Wiggin, D.S.O.
1/1st Warwick Yeomanry, 1/1st Gloucester Yeomanry, 1/1st Worcester Yeomanry
5th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
16th Machine Gun Squadron
6th Mounted Brigade
Lieut.-Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) T. M. S. Pitt
1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry, 1/1st Dorsetshire Yeomanry
6th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
17th Machine Gun Squadron
Divisional Troops
Artillery: 1/1st Berkshire and 1/1st Nottinghamshire Batteries RHA
"A" and “B” Batteries HAC
Mounted Divisional Ammunition Column
Engineers: Imperial Mounted Division Field Squadron
Signal Service: Imperial Mounted Division Signal Squadron
Medical: 3rd and 4th L.H. Field Ambulances
1/1st South Midland Mounted and 1/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigades Field Ambulances
53rd (Welsh) Division
General Officer Commanding: Major-General A. E. Dallas, CB CMG
158th Infantry Brigade
Major (temp. Brig.-General) S. F. Mott
1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment
158th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
159th Infantry Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) J. H. du B. Travers CB
1/4th and 1/7th Cheshire Regiment, 1/4th and 1/5th Welsh Regiment
159th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
160th Infantry Brigade
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) W. J. C. Butler
1/4th Royal Sussex Regiment, 2/4th Royal West Surrey Regiment, 2/10th Middlesex Regiment
160th Brigade Machine-Gun Company
Divisional Troops
Mounted Troops: 1 Sqdn 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry
53rd Divisional Cyclist Company
Artillery: 1/1st Cheshire Brigade, R.F.A.
265th, 266th and 267th Brigades, R.F.A.
53rd Divisional Ammunition Column
Engineers: 1/1st and 2/1st Welsh Field Companies, R.E.
2/1st Cheshire Field Company, R.E.
Signal Service: 53rd Divisional Signal Company
A.S.C.: 53rd Divisional Train
Medical: 1/1st, 1/2nd and 1/3rd Welsh Field Ambulances
Money’s Detachment
Colonel N. Money
1/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, 2/4th Royal West Kent Regiment
‘A’ Section 15th Heavy Battery RGA
Ottoman Forces
Fourth Army
General Officer Commanding: Djemal Pasha
Field Commander: Colonel Baron Kress von Kressenstein
Group Tiller
Commander: Major von Tiller
(In Gaza)
Three battalions, 79th Infantry Regiment
Three battalions, 125th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 81st Infantry Regiment
Two batteries of Austrian heavy mountain howitzers
One battery of German 10 cm field guns
Two batteries of Ottoman field guns
One company cavalry
One company camelry
3rd Infantry Division
(At Jemmame)
31st Infantry Regiment
32nd Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Division
(At Tell el Sharia)
47th Infantry Regiment
48th Infantry Regiment
53rd Infantry Division
(Marching south from Jaffa)
3rd Cavalry Division
(At Beersheba)
6th Cavalry Regiment
7th Cavalry Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment