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Correspondence and memoranda concerning proposals and plans for reorganising and reducing the Army's mounted Yeomanry, and the implications for the Welsh Horse.

Orders (marked 'secret') and memoranda concerning parties allocated to duties during the evacuation from Gallipoli, including mining, covering the withdrawal from Hill 60, removal and disposal of equipment, and covering embarkation, as well as the manner in which the nocturnal withdrawal was to be carried out. The operation involved the Eastern Mounted Brigade (comprising the Welsh Horse, the Suffolk Yeomanry and the Norfolk Yeomanry), the Indian Brigade, and parts of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

Printed military maps (mostly produced by the Ordnance Survey), with annotations, of northern France and southern Belgium, including the areas around Péronne and the river Somme, Armentières, Arras, Béthune, Tournai and Ypres. Also included is a map sheet of the British front around Armentières produced for the Daily Telegraph, together with two French tourist road maps of northern France and parts of Belgium.

Papers accumulated during the course of Julian Franklyn's research into the recruitment, training, equipment and campaigns of the Welsh Horse (Lancers) Yeomanry, with particular reference to Lord Kensington's role in them, including many records that were originally created by the Welsh Horse itself and first accumulated by Kensington as its commanding officer.

Lists of soldiers of the Welsh Horse (Lancers) forming squadrons and subsidiary detachments during the Gallipoli campaign, compiled to indicate the nominal strength of units, together with lists of those killed, wounded or missing, and also a captured medical history sheet relating to Turkish soldiers. Also included are some duplicates, made by Julian Franklyn.

Correspondence, memoranda, testimonials and other papers relating to the trial and conviction of T. Maj. Brazill for bigamy, and previously for failing to support his dependants, and also matters arising from the arrest by the civil authorities of a soldier on active service.

Correspondence, much of it involving Lord Kenyon, the commanding officer of the Welsh Horse Reserve, relating to the allocation of officers, men and horses of the Welsh Horse to the Territorial Force and the Army Reserve, and also concerning a draft of troops for service overseas.

Correspondence relating to a number of matters that arose when the Welsh Horse struck camp at Margam Park, including the confused and dirty state of the camp, the responsibility for employment and payment of civilian labour, and a dispute with an officer of the Army Service Corps about the provision of a rearguard.

Copy of a letter regarding an official warning to Staff Sgt Maj. Lloyd for 'slackness'.

Correspondence relating to the possible court martial of Staff Sgt Maj. Lloyd and Lce Sgt Price over the loss from 'C' Squadron of horse 341, a chestnut mare, in Norfolk.

Printed map of the Orange River Colony, Basutoland and neighbouring parts of the Cape Colony, Transvaal and Natal.

Photographs of the rescue of survivors after the SS Arabia and the SS Ivernia were torpedoed by German U-Boats off the coast of Greece, together with a diagram of the Arabia operation.

Correspondence, memoranda and accounts relating to subscriptions paid into the Sergeants' Mess, and evidence collected in a dispute about Lce Sgt Sainsbury's alleged mishandling of the money.

Copy of a letter from the Acting Deputy Judge-Advocate concerning the forthcoming court martial of Sgt Graham for fraud, together with a letter concerning his detention pending the trial.

Correspondence relating to suspicions raised by Sgt Crocker's movements.

Correspondence relating to the findings of a court martial held against 2Lt Llewellyn Jones for drunkenness and other disciplinary offences.

Circular notice from Lord Kensington that the Welsh Horse will not be held responsible for soldiers' personal debts, signed by the officers responsible for enforcing the relevant part of the Army Act.

Confidential reports on Commanding Officers in the Eastern Mounted Brigade and the South Eastern Mounted Brigade, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (including members of the Suffolk Yeomanry, the Norfolk Yeomanry, the Sussex Yeomanry, the West Kent Yeomanry and the Royal East Kent Yeomanry, as well as the Welsh Horse), together with the letter sent on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief which prompted the reports. Also included are letters relating to: Maj. Goldthorpe's appointment to the Derbyshire Yeomanry; a dispute between an officer of the Welsh Horse (Lancers) and Col Pearson; and horse troughs.

Circular letter from the War Office concerning plans to allow some Non-Commissioned Officers attached to the Permanent Staff of the Territorial Force to receive commissions in the regular army, giving details of the terms under which the offer is made, and asking for recommendations of individuals who might be considered.

Correspondence, testimonials, certificates and other papers relating to applications for commissions by Reg. Sgt Maj. Knowles and Staff Sgt Maj. Baldwin, both of whom had served in the army for many years before the Great War.