It was deployed overseas, seeing action during the Gallipoli campaign, and thereafter on the Salonika front, fighting alongside British troops in both theatres of war.
It was sent to the Crimea in December 1918 as part of the Army of the Danube.
In December 1918, the 156th Division was transported to Southern Russia (as part of the Army of the Danube (AD) ).
It then left this formation in November 1919 to form the Army of the Levant, during the Cilicia Campaign.
2nd Division which disembarked at Gallipoli from 6–8 May 1915 Left the Dardanelles and disembarked on the Salonika front in October 1915 [e][37] to become part of the Armée d'Orient (1915–19).
Zouaves of the 156th Division
[
18
]
in the ravine of Hill 420 in the
Cugunci
sector, July 1916.
Two officers posing with a zouave battalion mascot at the entrance to a shell-proof dugout at Hill 420 in the Cugunci sector
The
colours
of the 2nd Regiment photographed in June 1916
Marsouins (in pith helmets) and Senegalese (in fezzes) ready to embark for Dardanelles
Zouave uniform for the early part of WW1
Zouaves ahead of a column of Greek recruits for the French Foreign Legion, training at Lemnos
Zouaves attired in khaki field dress, wearing pith helmets, being vaccinated on 8 July 1916, in a location between
Kilkis
and
Lake Doiran
.
Soldiers of the 175th Infantry Regiment at Salonika in 1915
A French 75mm artillery piece firing around Cape Helles during the Third Battle of Krithia
