Pakusungwa uye kuzivisa hondo, 1st Battalion, Wilts yakaendeswa kuFrance sechikamu che3rd Division's 7th Brigade, ichidzika muFrance musi wa14 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, uye munguva pfupi yakarwa muHondo yeMons neGreat Retreat uye, muna Gumiguru, muHondo Yekutanga yeYpres, panguva iyo battalion yakanga yarasikirwa nevakuru makumi maviri nevatanhatu uye vamwe vanopfuura chiuru chimwe. 1st Wilts yakaramba iri kuWestern Front ne3rd Division kusvikira 7th Brigade yaendeswa ku25th Division musi wa18 Gumiguru 1915. Muna March 1918 battalion yacho yakabatanidzwa muOperation Michael
, danho rokutanga reSpring Offensive yeGerman Army, uye gare gare rakaderedzwa kuukuru hwekambani. Pakurwisana uku ndipo pakapiwa Mutungamiriri Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward MC Victoria Cross. 1st Wilts yakashanda ne25th Division kusvikira yaendeswa musi wa 21 June 1918. Musi wa 21 Chikumi 1918, 1st Wilts akabatana ne110th Brigade, chikamu che21st Division, iyo yaishandira nayo kwehondo yese.