Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment bụ otu ndị agha mgbe niile na, mgbe ha nwetasịrị ihe dị ka ndị agha 500, hapụrụ France, na-agbadata na Le Havre na 21 August 1914, naanị ụbọchị 17 kemgbe mbata Britain na agha ahụ, dịka akụkụ nke British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Ndị agha ahụ sonyeere Brigade nke 8 nke Ngalaba nke 3 na mbido Septemba 1914, wee bufee ya na Brigade nke 14 nke Ngalaba nke 5 ka ọnwa ahụ gasịrị. Ndị agha ahụ jere ozi na Western Front n'oge agha ahụ, na-ahụ ihe mbụ mere n'oge Agha nke La Bassée
n'ọnwa Ọktoba ebe ha nyere aka n'iweghara Givenchy Ridge, nke sochiri Agha Mbụ nke Ypres, ebe ndị agha ahụ, na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ nke British Regular Army, nwere nnukwu ọnwụ. Ndị 1st Devons tụfuru n'agha ahụ ụzọ abụọ n'ụzọ atọ nke ndị isi ha na otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ nke ndị ọzọ nọ n'ọkwa. Ogbe ndị agha ahụ sonyere na ọrụ Oge oyi nke 1914-1915, na-ewere trenchi na apịtị miri emi na snow tupu, n'April 1915, na-ata ahụhụ mmadụ 200 site na shelling na German counterattacks mgbe ha jidere Hill 60 mgbe ha jidere ya ụbọchị ole na ole tupu.