 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwehondo musi wa4 Nyamavhuvhu 1914 bataiyoni yakaunganidzwa paBeverley pasi pekutungamira kwaLt-Col Francis Strickland-Constable ndokuendeswa kunzvimbo yayo yehondo kuHedon, padyo neHull, uko varume vakaenda kunzvimbo dzekugara uye dzimbahwe rebato rakagadzwa paHolyrood House. Kurovedza kwakasimba kwevashandi vanochengeterwa uye vatsva kwakatanga, nedzidzo dzekupfura pfuti dzakapfurwa paHornsea. Kubva kuHedon, battalion yakatumira chikwata chayo chekutanga chekusimbisa mukuru mukuru mumwe nemamwe mapoka makumi mapfumbamwe nemashanu musi wa25 Gunyana ku1st Battalion vachirwira paAisne, uye akatumira mamwe magwaro mashanu muna October naNovember. Muna December 2nd Battalion yakadzoka kubva kubasa muIndia uye yakaendawo kuFrance muna January 1915. Battalion yechitatu yakatanga kupa magwaro kuiri battalion zvakare. Sezvo varwi vepamberi pehondo uye varwi vepamberi chaivo vakashandiswa, kunyorwa kwacho kwakanga kuchiwedzera kuumbwa nevanotorwa munguva yehondo uye vanodzoka vakakuvadzwa. Pakazosvika January 1915 battalion yacho yakanga yava nenhamba dzinopfuura 2000 dzose. 