Ko te 1st Battalion he roopu ope taua me te waahanga o te 231st Infantry Brigade, i te taha o te 1st Hampshires me te 2nd Devonshires, mo te roa o te pakanga, e whawhai ana i Malta i waenga i te 1940 me te 1942, Sicily i Akuhata 1943, me Itari i te Mahuru 1943. I tae mai te 1st Dorsets ki Gold Beach i te ra D i te Hune 1944 hei waahanga o te 50th (Northumbrian) Division Infantry me te whawhai ki te wehenga i te Pakanga o Normandy me te raki-hauauru o Uropi
, tae noa ki te wehenga i tangohia i te mutunga o te 1944 ka whakamahia hei wehenga whakangungu. I mate nga hoia o te roopu i te 327 me te 1,029 i whara.