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February 1915

• 19 – Naval operations: First attack on the Dardanelles
  Dardanelles
  The Dardanelles , formerly known as the Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with its counterpart the Bosphorus. It is located at approximately...
  
   by battleships Cornwallis
  HMS Cornwallis (1901)
  HMS Cornwallis was a Duncan-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Cornwallis was laid down by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company at Leamouth, London on 19 July 1899 and launched on 13 July 1901...
  
  , Vengeance
  HMS Vengeance (1899)
  HMS Vengeance was a Royal Navy predreadnought battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Vengeance was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness on 23 August 1898 and launched on 25 July 1899. Her completion was delayed by damage to the fitting-out dock, and she was not...
  
  and French battleship Suffren
  French battleship Suffren
  Suffren was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, launched in July 1899. She was named after French Vice Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez. The ship was originally intended to be a modified version of the design with more firepower and better armour...
  
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• 25 – Naval operations: Second attack on the Dardanelles, led by Vice-Admiral John de Robeck
  John de Robeck
  Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael de Robeck, 1st Baronet GCB, GCMG, GCVO was an admiral in the British Royal Navy who commanded the Allied naval force in the Dardanelles during World War I....
  
   and Vice-admiral Dick McDickins aboard Vengeance.

March 1915

• 10 – Naval operations: Night attack in the straits led by Commodore
  Commodore (rank)
  Commodore is a military rank used in many navies that is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral. Non-English-speaking nations often use the rank of flotilla admiral or counter admiral as an equivalent .It is often regarded as a one-star rank with a NATO code of OF-6, but is not always...
  
   Roger Keyes and the battleship Canopus.
• 12 – General Sir Ian Hamilton is appointed commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
  Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
  The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was part of the British Army during World War I, that commanded all Allied forces at Gallipoli and Salonika. This included the initial naval operation to force the straits of the Dardanelles. Its headquarters was formed in March 1915...
  
   by the Secretary of State for War
  Secretary of State for War
  The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British cabinet-level position, first held by Henry Dundas . In 1801 the post became that of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The position was re-instated in 1854...
  
  , Horatio Kitchener.
• 13 – Naval operations: Keyes conducts another night-time minesweeping
  Minesweeper (ship)
  A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
  
   operation with some success.
• 16 – Naval operations: Admiral Carden, commander of the Allied fleet, resigns due to nervous strain. Vice-Admiral de Robeck takes command.
• 18 – Naval operations: Turkey defeats the final attempt by the British and French fleet to force the straits. Three battleships are sunk by mines
  Naval mine
  A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel...
  
  . Three battleships and the battlecruiser HMS Inflexible are badly damaged.
• 22 – At a conference between Hamilton and de Robeck aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth
  HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)
  HMS Queen Elizabeth was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of dreadnought battleships, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England. She saw service in both World Wars...
  
  , it is decided to make an amphibious landing on the Gallipoli peninsula.

April 1915

• 17 – British submarine E15
  HMS E15
  HMS E15 was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1914.- Service history :During World War I, E15 served in the Mediterranean, participating in the Gallipoli Campaign against the Ottoman Empire. On 16 April 1915, under the command of Lieutenant Commander T.S...
  
   runs aground in the straits.
• 25 – British Empire
  British Empire
  The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
  
   and French forces make amphibious
  Amphibious warfare
  Amphibious warfare is the use of naval firepower, logistics and strategy to project military power ashore. In previous eras it stood as the primary method of delivering troops to non-contiguous enemy-held terrain...
  
   landings on the Gallipoli
  Gallipoli
  The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkish Thrace , the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. Gallipoli derives its name from the Greek "Καλλίπολις" , meaning "Beautiful City"...
  
   peninsula.
  • Landing at Cape Helles
    Landing at Cape Helles
    The landing at Cape Helles was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula by British and French forces on April 25, 1915 during the First World War. Helles, at the foot of the peninsula, was the main landing area. With the support of the guns of the Royal Navy, a British division...
    
    made by the British 29th Division
    British 29th Division
    The British 29th Division, known as the Incomparable Division, was a First World War regular army infantry division formed in early 1915 by combining various units that had been acting as garrisons about the British Empire. Under the command of Major General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, the division...
    
     and elements of the Royal Naval Division.
  • Landing at Anzac Cove
    Landing at Anzac Cove
    The landing at Anzac Cove was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian and New Zealand forces on 25 April 1915. The landing, north of Gaba Tepe on the Aegean coast of the Peninsula, was made by soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and was the first...
    
    made by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).
  • French forces make a diversionary landing at Kum Kale on the Asian shore.
• 26 – Naval operations: Australian submarine AE2 becomes the first Allied vessel to pass through the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmara
  Sea of Marmara
  The Sea of Marmara , also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, and in the context of classical antiquity as the Propontis , is the inland sea that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, thus separating Turkey's Asian and European parts. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Black...
  
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• 27 – Anzac: Under the command of Mustafa Kemal
  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....
  
  , the Turks mount a counter-attack but fail to drive the Anzacs into the sea.
• 27 – Naval operations: British submarine E14
  HMS E14
  HMS E14 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. During the First World War, two of her captains were awarded the Victoria Cross, and a large number of her officers and crew were also decorated....
  
   passes through the Dardanelles to start a successful three-week tour.
• 28 – Helles: First Battle of Krithia
  First Battle of Krithia
  The First Battle of Krithia was the first Allied advance of the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War. Starting at Helles on 28 April, three days after the initial landings, the attack broke down due to poor leadership and planning, lack of communications and exhaustion and demoralisation...
  
  British and French forces suffer 4,000 casualties for little gain.
• 28 – Anzac: The Anzac landing is reinforced by four battalion
  Battalion
  A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
  
  s from the Royal Naval Division.

May 1915

• 1 – Naval operations: French submarine Joule is mined and sunk in the straits.
• 6 – Helles: Second Battle of Krithia
  Second Battle of Krithia
  The Second Battle of Krithia continued the Allies' attempts to advance on the Helles battlefield during the Battle of Gallipoli of the First World War. The village of Krithia and neighbouring hill of Achi Baba had to be captured in order for the British to advance up the Gallipoli peninsula to the...
  
  commences. British 42nd (East Lancashire) Division begins landing as reinforcements.
• 8 – Helles: Second Battle of Krithia ends.
• 12
  • Helles: HMS Goliath
    HMS Goliath (1898)
    HMS Goliath was one of the six Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. In the First World War Goliath took part in the blockade of the German light cruiser in the Rufiji River but unsuccessful to bombard the cruiser in the delta.On 13 May 1915...
    
     is sunk by the Turkish torpedo boat
    Torpedo boat
    A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...
    
     Muavenet
    TCG Muavenet
    TCG Mauvenet may refer to one of the following ships of the Turkish Navy:, a torpedo boat of the Ottoman Navy that entered service in 1910; transferred to the Turkish Navy upon that navy's creation; taken out of service in 1923; scrapped, 1953, a ordered from the United Kingdom just prior to World...
    
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  • Anzac: Australian 1st Light Horse Brigade arrives as reinforcements.
• 13 – Anzac: New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
  The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, consisting usually of four units of mounted infantry, fought in World War I and World War II. Initially a milita, under the instruction of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Henry Banks they formed the core of the New Zealand Army following successful service in the...
  
   arrives as reinforcements. Royal Naval Division battalions rejoin the rest of the division
  Division (military)
  A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades, and in turn several divisions typically make up a corps...
  
   at Helles.
• 15 – Anzac: Major General
  Major General
  Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
  
   W.T. Bridges
  William Throsby Bridges
  Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges KCB, CMG served with Australian forces during World War I, and was the first Australian to reach general officer rank...
  
  , commander of the Australian 1st Division is mortally wounded in the leg by a Turkish sniper
  Sniper
  A sniper is a marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel. Snipers typically have specialized training and distinct high-precision rifles....
  
  . He dies at sea three days later.
• 18 – Naval operations: British submarine E11 passes through the straits into the Sea of Marmara.
• 18 – Anzac: Turkish forces mount a massive attack using 42,000 men but are repulsed, suffering 10,000 casualties.
• 19 – Anzac: Australian stretcher-bearer John Simpson Kirkpatrick
  John Simpson Kirkpatrick
  John 'Jack' Simpson Kirkpatrick , who served under the name John Simpson, was a stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I...
  
   is killed near Steele's Post.
• 20 – Anzac: The Australian 2nd Light Horse Brigade arrives as reinforcements.
• 21 – Anzac: The Australian 3rd Light Horse Brigade arrives as reinforcements.
• 22 – Anzac: Negotiations commence to arrange an armistice
  Armistice
  An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but may be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace...
  
   in order to bury the dead in no man's land
  No man's land
  No man's land is a term for land that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties that leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty. The term was originally used to define a contested territory or a dumping ground for refuse between fiefdoms...
  
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• 24 – Anzac: An armistice is declared from 7.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. in which time Turkish and Anzac dead are buried.
• 25
  • Anzac: HMS Triumph
    HMS Triumph (1903)
    HMS Triumph was a Swiftsure class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Triumph was ordered by Chile as Libertad, laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness on 26 February 1902, and launched on 12 January 1903...
    
     is sunk by German U-boat
    U-boat
    U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...
    
     U-21
    SM U-21 (Germany)
    SM U-21 was one of the most famous U-boats to serve in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. She was the first submarine to sink a ship with a self-propelled torpedo. She also sank the British battleships HMS Triumph and HMS Majestic...
    
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  • Naval operations: E11 torpedoes Turkish transport Stamboul in the Bosphorus, causing panic in Constantinople
    Constantinople
    Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
    
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• 27 – Helles: HMS Majestic
  HMS Majestic (1895)
  HMS Majestic was a Majestic-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Majestic was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 5 February 1894 and launched on 31 January 1895...
  
   is sunk by U-21.

June 1915

• 4 – Helles: Third Battle of Krithia
  Third Battle of Krithia
  The Third Battle of Krithia , fought on the Gallipoli peninsula during World War I, was the final in a series of Allied attacks against the Ottoman defences aimed at capturing the original objectives of 25 April 1915...
  
  British and French forces mount a limited attack but still fail to reach their objectives.
• 28 – Helles: Battle of Gully Ravine
  Battle of Gully Ravine
  The Battle of Gully Ravine was a World War I battle fought at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula. By June 1915 all thoughts the Allies had of a swift decisive victory over the Ottoman Empire had vanished...
  
  starts.

July 1915

• 5 – Helles: Battle of Gully Ravine ends with the British repelling a large Turkish counter-attack.
• 12 – Helles: British 52nd (Lowland) Division
  British 52nd (Lowland) Division
  The British 52nd Division was a Territorial Army division that was originally formed as part of the Territorial Force in 1908.- World War I :...
  
   and Royal Naval Division attack along Achi Baba Nullah.

August 1915

• 3 – Anzac: Reinforcements for the forthcoming offensive begin landing, including the British 13th (Western) Division
  British 13th (Western) Division
  The 13th Division was one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener. It fought at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia and Persia during the First World War.- 1914 - 1915 :...
  
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• 6 – Battle of Sari Bair
  Battle of Sari Bair
  The Battle of Sari Bair , also known as the August Offensive, was the final attempt made by the British in August 1915 to seize control of the Gallipoli peninsula from the Ottoman Empire during First World War.The Battle of Gallipoli had raged on two fronts, Anzac and Helles, for three months since...
  
  , also known as the August Offensive, commences.
  • Helles: Battle of Krithia Vineyard
    Battle of Krithia Vineyard
    The Battle of Krithia Vineyard was intended as a minor British action at Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula to divert attention from the imminent launch of the August Offensive. Instead, the British commander, Brigadier General H.E...
    
    diversion commences with an attack by the 88th Brigade of the British 29th Division
    British 29th Division
    The British 29th Division, known as the Incomparable Division, was a First World War regular army infantry division formed in early 1915 by combining various units that had been acting as garrisons about the British Empire. Under the command of Major General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, the division...
    
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  • Anzac: Battle of Lone Pine
    Battle of Lone Pine
    The Battle of Lone Pine was a battle between Australian and Turkish forces that took place during the Gallipoli campaign from 6–10 August 1915. It was part of a diversion to draw attention from the main assaults of 6 August against the Sari Bair peaks of Chunuk Bair and Hill 971, which became...
    
    diversion commences at 6.30 a.m. with the Australian 1st Division capturing Turkish trenches. Fighting continues for six days in which time seven Victoria Cross
    Victoria Cross
    The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
    
    es are awarded.
  • Suvla
    Landing at Suvla Bay
    The landing at Suvla Bay was an amphibious landing made at Suvla on the Aegean coast of Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire as part of the August Offensive, the final British attempt to break the deadlock of the Battle of Gallipoli...
    
    : At 10.00 p.m. the British 11th (Northern) Division
    British 11th (Northern) Division
    The British 11th Division, was one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener, it fought at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War...
    
    , part of IX Corps, begins landing.
  • Anzac: Under cover of darkness, two columns of Anzac, British & Indian troops break out to the north, heading for the heights of Chunuk Bair and Hill 971.
• 7
  • Anzac: Battle of the Nek
    Battle of the Nek
    The Battle of the Nek was a small World War I battle fought as part of the Gallipoli campaign. "The Nek" was a narrow stretch of ridge in the Anzac battlefield on the Gallipoli peninsula. The name derives from the Afrikaans word for a "mountain pass" but the terrain itself was a perfect bottleneck...
    
    At 4.30 a.m. another futile diversion virtually wipes out two regiment
    Regiment
    A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
    
    s of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
  • Suvla: The British 10th (Irish) Division
    British 10th (Irish) Division
    The 10th Division, was one of the first of Kitchener's New Army K1 Army Group divisions , authorized on 21 August 1914, after the outbreak of the Great War. It included battalions from the various provinces of Ireland...
    
     begins landing.
  • Helles: Fighting at Krithia Vineyard continues with an attack by the 42nd Division.
  • Anzac: After a lengthy delay, the New Zealand Infantry Brigade attempts to capture Chunuk Bair but fails.
• 8
  • Anzac: Battle of Chunuk Bair
    Battle of Chunuk Bair
    The Battle of Chunuk Bair was a World War I battle fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of New Zealand and Britain. Allied units that made the summit of Chunuk Bair early a.m...
    
    Attacking at 3.00 a.m., New Zealand and British infantry gain a foothold on Chunuk Bair.
  • Naval operations: British submarine E11 torpedoes the Turkish battleship Barbaros Hayreddin off Bulair
    Bulair
    Bolayır is a town in the Gelibolu district of Çanakkale Province, situated on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the European part of Turkey.The settlement was formerly a village. It received in 1958 the status of a town...
    
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• 9 – Anzac: A general attack by the Allies on the heights of Chunuk Bair, Hill Q and Hill 971 fails.
• 10
  • Anzac: Battle of Chunuk Bair ends when the Turks, led by Mustafa Kemal
    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....
    
    , drive the Allies off the heights.
  • Suvla: British 53rd (Welsh) Division
    British 53rd (Welsh) Division
    The British 53rd Infantry Division was a Territorial Army division that fought in both World Wars. During the First World War the division fought at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. Remaining active during the interwar years as a peace-time formation, the division again saw action in the Second...
    
     attacks Scimitar Hill, suffering heavy casualties.
• 12 – Anzac: Battle of Lone Pine ends.
• 13 – Helles: Battle of Krithia Vineyard ends.
• 15 – Suvla: General Sir Frederick Stopford
  Frederick Stopford
  Lieutenant General Sir Frederick William Stopford, KCB, KCMG, KCVO was a British Army officer.-Military career:...
  
   is sacked as commander of IX Corps.
• 21 – Final British offensive of the campaign launched to consolidate Anzac and Suvla landings.
  • Suvla: Battle of Scimitar Hill
    Battle of Scimitar Hill
    The Battle of Scimitar Hill was the last offensive mounted by the British at Suvla during the Battle of Gallipoli in World War I. It was also the largest single-day attack ever mounted by the Allies at Gallipoli, involving three divisions...
    
    IX Corps makes a final attempt to seize Scimitar and W Hills.
  • Anzac: Battle of Hill 60
    Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli)
    The Battle of Hill 60 was the last major assault of the Battle of Gallipoli. It was launched on 21 August 1915 to coincide with the attack on Scimitar Hill made from the Suvla front by General Stopford's British IX Corps. Hill 60 was a low knoll at the northern end of the Sari Bair range which...
    
    begins.
• 29 – Battle of Hill 60 ends.

September 1915

• 12 – The 26th Infantry Battalion at ANZAC arrives as reinforcements, deployed to Taylor's Hollow.
• 19 – Royal Newfoundland Regiment arrives as reinforcements.

October 1915

• 15 – General Sir Ian Hamilton is sacked as commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
  Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
  The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was part of the British Army during World War I, that commanded all Allied forces at Gallipoli and Salonika. This included the initial naval operation to force the straits of the Dardanelles. Its headquarters was formed in March 1915...
  
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• 28 – General Sir Charles Monro
  Charles Carmichael Monro
  General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet of Bearcrofts, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, was a British Army General during World War I and Governor of Gibraltar from 1923 to 1929.-Military career:...
  
   arrives to assume command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
• 30 – Naval operations: French submarine Turquioise runs aground while returning through the Dardanelles and is captured.
• 31 – Suvla: Destroyer
  Destroyer
  In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
  
   HMS Louis
  HMS Louis (1913)
  HMS Louis was a Royal Navy Laforey-class destroyer, built as HMS Talisman, but renamed on 30 September 1913 before being launched. She was wrecked in Suvla Bay on 31 October 1915.-Career:...
  
   runs aground in a storm and is wrecked.

November 1915

• 6 – Naval operations: British submarine is ambushed and sunk in the Sea of Marmara
  Sea of Marmara
  The Sea of Marmara , also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, and in the context of classical antiquity as the Propontis , is the inland sea that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, thus separating Turkey's Asian and European parts. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Black...
  
   by German U-boat U-14
  SM U-14 (Germany)
  SM U-14 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I.U-14 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic....
  
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• 15 – Field Marshal Horatio Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War
  Secretary of State for War
  The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British cabinet-level position, first held by Henry Dundas . In 1801 the post became that of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The position was re-instated in 1854...
  
  , visits Gallipoli.
• 22 – Kitchener recommends evacuation of Anzac and Suvla.
• 27 – A fierce storm and blizzard
  Blizzard
  A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong winds. By definition, the difference between blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind. To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have winds in excess of with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 400 meters or ¼ mile or...
  
  , lasting three days, strikes the peninsula.

December 1915

• 7 – Politics: The British Cabinet
  Cabinet (government)
  A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...
  
  orders the evacuation of Anzac and Suvla.
• 18 – Start of final evacuation of Anzac and Suvla.
• 20 – Evacuation of Anzac and Suvla completed before dawn.
• 28 – Politics: The British Cabinet orders the evacuation of Helles.

January 1916

• 7 – Helles: British garrison reduced to 19,000. Turkish assault launched along Gully Spur.
• 9 – Helles: Last British troops depart the Gallipoli peninsula.