Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 2nd Battalion ya sauka a Le Havre a matsayin wani ɓangare na 13th Brigade a cikin 5th Division a watan Agusta 1914 don sabis a Yammacin Front. Ya fara aiki a yakin Mons. Daga nan sai ya yi yaƙi a baya a yakin Le Cateau, wani aiki a lokacin janyewa daga Mons. Rundunar ta 2 ta kuma yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Marne na Farko, Yaƙin Aisne, Yaƙin La Bassée
da kuma mummunan yakin farko na Ypres. Rundunar ta 2 ta kasance a yakin Hill 60 a lokacin da Birtaniya ta kaddamar da mummunan harin, wanda ya biyo bayan harin da ya haifar da mummunan yaki. Rundunar ta 8 ta yi aiki a cikin Kamfen na Gallipoli kuma rundunar ta 10 ta yi aiki a Piave a Italiya.