 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - 1st Battalion, iyo yaiva chikwata cheRegular Army chaiva muDublin pakatanga hondo muna August 1914, yaiva imwe yezvikamu zvokutanga kuendeswa kuFrance kwayakava chikamu che13th Brigade mu5th Division. Pakati pezviitiko zvaro zvikuru zvokutanga pakanga pane Hondo yeMons musi wa 23 August uye Hondo yeLe Cateau mazuva matatu gare gare. Muna October, battalion yacho yakaita chiito choushingi paHondo yeNeuve Chapelle; kuva chikwata bedzi chisina kudzokera shure. Pavarume 750, 300 bedzi vaitungamirirwa nomutevedzeri nomutevedzeri wechipiri vakapukunyuka. Kunze kwenguva pfupi kubva muna Zvita 1917 kusvika muna Kubvumbi 1918, apo yakaendeswa ne5th Division kuItaly Front, 1st Battalion yakamira kuWestern Front kwenguva yehondo. 