<prompt> Andika mwendelezo wa aya hii - Kundi la 1 lilikuwa kundi la jeshi la kawaida na sehemu ya Kikosi cha 231 cha Infantry, pamoja na 1st Hampshires na 2nd Devonshires, kwa muda wa vita, wakipigana huko Malta kati ya 1940 na 1942, Sicily mnamo Agosti 1943, na Italia mnamo Septemba 1943. 1st Dorsets landed on Gold Beach on D-Day in June 1944 as a part of the 50th Northumbrian Infantry Division and fought with the division in the Battle of Normandy and North-West Europe  <response>: , mpaka mgawanyiko uliondolewa mwishoni mwa 1944 na kutumika kama mgawanyiko wa mafunzo. Kikosi hicho kilikuwa na askari 327 waliouawa na 1,029 waliojeruhiwa. 