Kammala wannan jumla: Lokacin da aka ayyana yaki a watan Agusta na shekarar 1914, an tura Private Warner daga Reserves kuma ya koma Battalion na 1 wanda ke zaune a Ireland a lokacin. Ya isa Yammacin Yamma tare da bataliya a ranar 16 ga Agusta 1914 kuma ya yi yaƙi a yakin Mons, yakin Le Cateau, a lokacin ayyukan baya na sojojin Birtaniya da suka janye daga Mons, a yakin farko na Marne, yakin farko na Aisne, da
Yaƙin La Bassée da Yaƙin Ypres na Farko. Duk da tsananin waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe na farko da kuma jerin abubuwan da sojojinsa suka sha wahala, Ted ya tsira daga wannan duka tare da guba a hannunsa.