<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-August 4, 1914, i- 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment yayiseDublin. Ezinsukwini eziyishumi nanye kamuva, ukugqugquzelwa kwaqedwa futhi kwaqala impi, i- 1st Battalion yafika eLe Havre eFrance, futhi ngaphambi kokuphela kwenyanga yayisenkingeni ngokumelene namaJalimane. Leli butholikhali lalinikezwe i-14th Brigade, 5th Division, eyingxenye yeBritish Expeditionary Force BEF yokuqala. Ngesikhathi sokuhoxa eMons nangemva kwalokho, ibutho lathatha ingxenye ezimpini ezinkulu zika-1914, iLe Cateau, iMarne ne-Aisne. Ngo-1915, ngemva  <response>: Impi yaseLa Bassée, i-1st East Surreys yamelana nokuhlaselwa okunqunywe kakhulu e-Hill 60, eduze ne-Ypres. Emzabalazweni owawudlulele, ibutho lazuza iziqu ezintathu zeVictoria Crosses nezingu-7 ze-Distinguished Conduct Medals. Phakathi kwama-VC kwakukhona uLieutenant George Roupell, kamuva owaba nguKholoni wokugcina we-East Surrey Regiment. Ngasekupheleni kuka-1915 leli gatsha ladluliselwa ku-32nd Division. Ngo-1916, i- 1st Battalion yabamba iqhaza ezimpini ezinkulu zomfula iSomme, futhi yazihlukanisa ikakhulukazi eMorval ngoSepthemba. Ibutho lalibambe iqhaza ezimpini eziningi ezinkulu zango-1917, njenge-Arras, iMpi Yesithathu Ypres. Ngemuva kokuvakasha izinyanga ezine e-Italian Front, ibutho laphinde labuya eFrance ngoMashi 1918, futhi lahlanganyela eMpini yase-Albert naseBapaume, kanye nokuqhubeka kokunqoba. 