| Description | Subjects covered include excerpts from War Office instructions on the numbers of permanent staff required; numbers of voluntary enrolments and the additional staff required on embodiment of the Regiment; movements of various companies; dates of training, drills, inspections and exercises; the receipt of new weapons and equipment; excerpts from London Gazette announcements of appointments and resignations; annual training reports including date and place of assembly, the Officers present and strength of Battalion; the redesignation of the Battalion as the 3rd Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment in 1881; mobilisation in 1914 and the drafts called to reinforce the 2nd Battalion. |