<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I- 1st Battalion yayiyiyunithi yebutho elivamile elalisendaweni yaseColchester lapho kugqashuka impi ngo- August 1914. Leli butholikhali lalinikezwe i-11th Brigade, 4th Division. Ngalesi sigaba, ibutho lajoyina iBritish Expeditionary Force futhi lathunyelwa phesheya kwezilwandle eFrance ngo-Agasti 1914, lafika eLe Havre ngo-Agasti 23. I- 1st Battalion yabona impi yayo yokuqala ngokumelene nebutho laseJalimane eLe Cateau  <response>: . futhi. Ibutho lasebenza eWestern Front isikhathi esisele sempi, lihlanganyela ezimpini eziningi ngo-1914 kuphela njengeMpi Yokuqala yaseMarne, iMpi Yokuqala yase-Aisne, kanye neMpi yaseMessines. Ngo-1914, ngoSuku lukaKhisimusi, amadoda eBattalion yokuqala abamba iqhaza ku-Christmas Truce ka-1914 lapho amasosha aseBrithani nawaseJalimane ahlangana khona ezweni lomuntu. Ngo-1915, ibutho lahlanganyela eMpini Yesibili Ypres, eyaziwa ngokusetshenziswa kwegesi enobuthi. Ngo-1916 yalwa e-Albert naseLe Transloy, okwakuyingxenye yokuhlaselwa okukhulu kweSomme. 