Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 1st Battalion he roopu ope taua i tu ki Colchester i te pakarutanga o te pakanga i te marama o Akuhata 1914. I whakawhiwhia te ope taua ki te 11th Brigade, 4th Division. I te wehenga, ka uru te peihana ki te British Expeditionary Force ka tukuna ki tawahi ki Parani i Akuhata 1914, ka tae ki Le Havre i te 23 Akuhata. I kite te 1st Battalion i tana whawhai tuatahi ki te ope Tiamana i
Ko Le Cateau. I mahi te ope taua i te Hauauru o te Hauauru mo te toenga o te pakanga, i uru ki nga pakanga maha i te tau 1914 anake penei i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Marne, te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Aisne, me te Pakanga o Messines. I te 1914, i te rā Kirihimete, i whai wāhi nga tangata o te 1st Battalion ki te Tiriti Kirihimete rongonui o te tau 1914 i reira nga hoia o Ingarangi me Tiamana i whakakotahi i te whenua o te tangata. I te tau 1915, i uru te roopu ki te Pakanga Tuarua o Ypres, i rongonui mo te whakamahinga o te hau paitini. I te tau 1916 i whawhai ia i Albert me Le Transloy, i uru ki te whakaeke nui o Somme.