Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 1st Battalion ya kasance rukunin sojoji na yau da kullun kuma wani ɓangare na Brigade na 231, tare da 1st Hampshires da 2nd Devonshires, tsawon lokacin yakin, suna yaƙi a Malta tsakanin 1940 da 1942, Sicily a watan Agusta 1943, da Italiya a watan Satumba na 1943. 1st Dorsets ya sauka a Gold Beach a ranar D-Day a watan Yunin 1944 a matsayin wani ɓangare na 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division kuma ya yi yaƙi tare da rukunin a cikin yakin Normandy da
Arewa maso Yammacin Turai, har sai an janye sashin a ƙarshen 1944 kuma an yi amfani dashi azaman sashin horo. Sojojin bataliya suna da sojoji 327 da aka kashe da 1,029 da suka ji rauni.