Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - 1st Battalion yaiva chikwata chemauto chaiwo uye chikamu che231st Infantry Brigade, pamwe chete ne1st Hampshires uye 2nd Devonshires, kwenguva yehondo, vachirwisana muMalta pakati pe1940 ne1942, Sicily munaAugust 1943, uye Italy munaSeptember 1943. The 1st Dorsets yakasvika paGold Beach paD-Day muna June 1944 sechikamu che50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division uye vakarwa nedhipatimendi muHondo yeNormandy neNorth-West Europe
, kusvikira divi racho rakabviswa mukupera kwa1944 uye rakashandiswa seboka rekudzidzisa. Bhatani racho raiva nemasoja 327 akaurayiwa uye 1029 akakuvadzwa.