Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị 1st Manchesters si na France gawa agha Mesopotemia, na-eso ndị agha na-agafe agafe nke ndị India, na ngwụcha afọ 1915. Ndị agha ahụ sonyere n'agha Dujaila na Machị 1916, nke ezubere iji belata ndị agha Britain na
Kut-al-Amara, nke ndị agha Ottoman nọchibidoro. N'agha ahụ, ndị 1st Manchester weghaara ọgba nke Dujaila Redoubt na 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force); agbanyeghị, ha mechara chụpụ site na mwakpo Ottoman, na-amanye ha ịlaghachi na mbido ha. N'oge a na-alaghachi azụ, onye agha Stringer ji aka ya jide ala ya, na-echekwa akụkụ nke battalion ya. E nyere ya ihe nrite Victoria Cross. Ndị agha Briten na ndị agha India nwụrụ puku mmadụ anọ. Mgbe mgbalị ise dara ada iji belata obodo ahụ, Kut nyefere ndị agha Ottoman na 29 Eprel 1916. 1st Manchesters ga-esonye n'ihe ndị ọzọ na Mesopotemia, mana na Machị 1918 ndị agha ahụ kwagara Ijipt.