Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 1st Battalion ya sauka a Le Havre a matsayin wani ɓangare na 3rd Brigade a cikin 1st Division tare da British Expeditionary Force a watan Agusta 1914 don sabis a Western Front. Rukunin na 2 ya sauka a Laoshan Bay don ayyukan da ke kan yankin Jamus na Tsingtao a watan Satumbar 1914 kuma ya ga aikin a Siege na Tsingtao
a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1914. Bayan ya dawo gida a watan Janairun 1915, Bataliya ta 2 ta sauka a Cape Helles a matsayin wani ɓangare na Brigade na 87 a cikin Rukunin na 29 a watan Afrilu na 1915; an kwashe shi daga Gallipoli a watan Janairun 1916 sannan ya sauka a Marseille a watan Maris na 1916 don yin aiki a Yammacin Yamma.