Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 2nd Battalion ya sauka a Rouen a matsayin wani ɓangare na 7th Brigade a cikin 3rd Division a watan Agusta 1914 kuma a cikin sauran wannan shekarar ya ga aikin a yakin Mons,
Yaƙin Le Cateau, Yaƙin farko na Marne, Yaƙin farko na Aisne, Yaƙin La Bassée da Yaƙin Messines. A watan Satumbar 1914, jami'ai 6 da maza 200 ne kawai na Battalion na asali na maza 1,100 har yanzu suna aiki. A watan Oktoba, an sake rage rundunar zuwa jami'ai biyu da maza 46 kuma a karshen shekara ta 1914, kashi 97 cikin dari na rundunar ta farko sun mutu, sun ji rauni ko kuma aka kama su.