Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hapana kusimbiswa kwakasvika kumapoka eWessex muna 1915, uye simba ravo rakatanga kuderera, rakawedzera nekurasikirwa nevakawanda vevashandi vepamusoro-soro (NCOs) vakaendeswa kunodzidziswa. Paivawo nechinodikanwa chokupa zvigadziridzo kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzehondo: 1/5th yakatumira chirongwa chevarume 50 ku 2nd Bn Dorsetshire Regiment avo vakanga varasikirwa pa
Kuwa kweKut muMesopotamia. Pakazosvika 1916 zvaive pachena kuti 43rd (Wessex) Division yakakwana yaisakwanisa kudzoserwa kuWestern Front sezvakange zvarongwa, saka pachinzvimbo chekudzidziswa kwakasundirwa mberi muIndia, mamwe madhirowa akagamuchirwa (kusanganisira boka revanhu kubva ku2/5th Devons, ipapo muEjipitori), uye zvikamu zvakasara zvakagadzirirwa basa muMesopotamia.