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V Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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Active
  
1911–

Type
  
Country
  
Garrison/HQ
  
Salonika, Ankara

Patron
  
Engagements
  
Gallipoli Campaign (World War I)

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the V Corps was headquartered in Salonika. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such:

  • V Corps, Salonika
  • 13th Infantry Division, Salonika
  • 37th Infantry Regiment, Salonika
  • 38th Infantry Regiment, Salonika
  • 39th Infantry Regiment, Salonika
  • 13th Rifle Battalion, Salonika
  • 13th Field Artillery Regiment, Salonika
  • 13th Division Band, Salonika
  • 14th Infantry Division, Serez
  • 40th Infantry Regiment, Serez
  • 41st Infantry Regiment, Nevrekop
  • 42nd Infantry Regiment, Cuma-i Bala
  • 14th Rifle Battalion, Yemen
  • 14th Field Artillery Regiment, Serez
  • 14th Division Band, Serez
  • 15th Infantry Division, Usturmaca
  • 43rd Infantry Regiment, Usturmaca
  • 44th Infantry Regiment, Petriç
  • 45th Infantry Regiment, Petriç
  • 15th Rifle Battalion, Gevgili
  • 15th Field Artillery Regiment, Salonika
  • 15th Division Band, Usturmaca
  • Units of V Corps
  • 5th Rifle Regiment, Salonika
  • 6th Cavalry Brigade, Gevgili
  • 14th Cavalry Regiment, Gevgili
  • 25th Cavalry Regiment, Serez
  • 26th Cavalry Regiment, Salonika
  • 5th Mountain Artillery Battalion, Katerin
  • 6th Mountain Artillery Battalion, Katerin
  • 4th Field Howitzer Battalion, Demir Hisar
  • 5th Engineer Battalion, Gevgili
  • 5th Transport Battalion, Salonika
  • Salonika Port Command, Salonika
  • Heavy Artillery Battalion, Salonika
  • Torpedo Detachment, Salonika
  • Searchlight Detachment, Salonika
  • Border Detachment
  • Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

    On October 19, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:

  • V Corps (Serbian Front, under the command of the Vardar Army of the Western Army)
  • 13th Division, 15th Division, 16th Division
  • Iştip Redif Division
  • Order of Battle, November 12, 1912

    On November 12, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:

  • V Corps (under the command of the Northern Group of the Vardar Army)
  • 13th Division, 15th Division
  • 5th Rifle Regiment, 26th Cavalry Regiment, 19th Artillery Regiment
  • Order of Battle, November 16, 1912

    On November 16, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:

  • V Corps (under the command of Right Flank Defensive Corps of the Vardar Army)
  • 13th Division, 15th Division, 18th Division
  • Order of Battle, August 1914

    In August 1914, the corps was structured as follows:

  • V Corps (Anatolia)
  • 13th Division, 14th Division, 15th Division
  • Order of Battle, November 1914, Late April 1915

    In November 1914, Late April 1915, the corps was structured as follows:

  • V Corps (Thrace)
  • 13th Division, 14th Division, 15th Division
  • Order of Battle, Late Summer 1915, January 1916

    In Late Summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows:

  • V Corps (Gallipoli)
  • 13th Division, 14th Division, 15th Division
  • Order of Battle, August 1916

    In August 1916, the corps was structured as follows:

  • V Corps (Caucasus)
  • 9th Division, 10th Division, 13th Division
  • Order of Battle, December 1916, August 1917

    In December 1916, August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:

  • V Corps (Caucasus)
  • Coastal Detachments
  • References

    V Corps (Ottoman Empire) Wikipedia


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