Draft articles by Mark Sykes on the Territorial Force

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Papers of the Sykes family of SledmereU DDSY

BalkholmeU DDSY/1

Barmby-on-the-MoorU DDSY/2

BeverleyU DDSY/3

Bishop WiltonU DDSY/4

BridlingtonU DDSY/5

BrighamU DDSY/6

Burton PidseaU DDSY/7

CottamU DDSY/8

CroomU DDSY/9

Dalton HolmeU DDSY/10

Derwent Drainage and NavigationU DDSY/11

DriffieldU DDSY/12

DrypoolU DDSY/13

DugglebyU DDSY/14

EastringtonU DDSY/15

EddlethorpeU DDSY/16

EttonU DDSY/17

FimberU DDSY/18

FitlingU DDSY/19

FoshamU DDSY/20

FridaythorpeU DDSY/21

GansteadU DDSY/22

Garton-on-the-WoldsU DDSY/23

Manor of Garton-on-the-WoldsU DDSY/24

Heslerton, East and West, and SherburnU DDSY/25

HilderthorpeU DDSY/26

HilstonU DDSY/27

HollymU DDSY/28

HothamU DDSY/29

HowdenU DDSY/30

HuggateU DDSY/31

HullU DDSY/32

HunsleyU DDSY/33

Hutton CranswickU DDSY/34

KennythorpeU DDSY/35

KilhamU DDSY/36

KilpinU DDSY/37

Kirby Grindalythe and MowthorpeU DDSY/38

KirkburnU DDSY/39

LangtoftU DDSY/40

Linton, par. WintringhamU DDSY/41

LockingtonU DDSY/42

LundU DDSY/43

Market WeightonU DDSY/44

Menethorpe, par. BurythorpeU DDSY/45

Middleton-on-the-WoldsU DDSY/46

MolescroftU DDSY/47

MytonU DDSY/48

North CaveU DDSY/49

North DaltonU DDSY/50

North FrodinghamU DDSY/51

OwstwickU DDSY/52

OwthorneU DDSY/53

RiccallU DDSY/54

RimswellU DDSY/55

RoosU DDSY/56

RotseaU DDSY/57

SanctonU DDSY/58

SettringtonU DDSY/59

SherburnU DDSY/60

SkeltonU DDSY/61

SledmereU DDSY/62

South FrodinghamU DDSY/63

Thirkleby and LintonU DDSY/64

ThirtlebyU DDSY/65

ThixendaleU DDSY/66

TibthorpeU DDSY/67

WansfordU DDSY/68

WaxholmeU DDSY/69

Weaverthorpe and HelperthorpeU DDSY/70

West LuttonU DDSY/71

WetwangU DDSY/72

WheldrakeU DDSY/73

YedinghamU DDSY/74

Cayton (North Riding)U DDSY/75

Clifton (North Riding)U DDSY/76

Danby (North Riding)U DDSY/77

Huttons Ambo (North Riding)U DDSY/78

Malton (North Riding)U DDSY/79

Mowthorpe (North Riding)U DDSY/80

Scarborough (North Riding)U DDSY/81

Crofton (West Riding)U DDSY/82

Knottingley (West Riding)U DDSY/83

Leeds (West Riding)U DDSY/84

Levels (West Riding)U DDSY/85

Monk Bretton (West Riding)U DDSY/86

Rothwell (West Riding)U DDSY/87

Sherburn in Elmet (West Riding)U DDSY/88

Sutton (Byram cum Sutton, West Riding)U DDSY/89

YorkU DDSY/90

BedfordshireU DDSY/91

CheshireU DDSY/92

IrelandU DDSY/93

LincolnshireU DDSY/94

MiddlesexU DDSY/95

WiltshireU DDSY/96

Various TownshipsU DDSY/97

Accounts & VouchersU DDSY/98

Acts of ParliamentU DDSY/99

Commissions and AppointmentsU DDSY/100

CorrespondenceU DDSY/101

Diaries & JournalsU DDSY/102

DrainageU DDSY/103

MiscellaneousU DDSY/104

Pedigrees & Genealogical MaterialU DDSY/105

Plans, Maps & DrawingsU DDSY/106

Rentals & SurveysU DDSY/107

SettlementsU DDSY/108

Various DeedsU DDSY/109

WillsU DDSY/110

Papers of Sir Mark Sykes (1879 - 1919) (Second Deposit of Papers of the Sykes family)U DDSY2

CorrespondenceU DDSY2/1

DiariesU DDSY2/2

FinanceU DDSY2/3

Foreign affairs and travelU DDSY2/4

Military affairsU DDSY2/5

Orders of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 2nd BattalionU DDSY2/5/1

Orders of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 3rd BattalionU DDSY2/5/2

Orders of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 5th BattalionU DDSY2/5/3

Orders of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 5th BattalionU DDSY2/5/4

Orders of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 5th BattalionU DDSY2/5/5

Orders of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 5th BattalionU DDSY2/5/6

Orders of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 5th BattalionU DDSY2/5/7

Orders of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own (Yorkshire Regiment). 5th BattalionU DDSY2/5/8

Form letter. Mark Sykes to farmersU DDSY2/5/9

Draft letter. Mark Sykes to Territorial AssociationU DDSY2/5/10

Draft letters from Mark Sykes (one to General B Cowans)U DDSY2/5/11

Draft scheme for Wagoners' Special Reserve by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/12

Draft 'Notes on Yorkshire farm wagon drivers', by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/13

Draft form of record of those engaged for the Wagoners' Special Reserve, by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/14

Draft attestation paper, with memorandum, for the Wagoners' Special Reserve by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/15

Miscellaneous notes about the Wagoners' Special Reserve by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/16

Notice of driving competition in York Dale, near Fimber station.U DDSY2/5/17

List of entrants for driving competitionU DDSY2/5/18

Printed. Lecture to commanding officers of London Terriotrial Divisions, by General Sir John FrenchU DDSY2/5/19

Printed. 'Outlines for orders at manoeuvres, war games and examinations', by Col. F TrenchU DDSY2/5/20

Printed. Regulations for the Territorial ForceU DDSY2/5/21

Printed. Regulations for mobilizationU DDSY2/5/22

Printed. Instructions for the administrative services etc. of the annual camps of the Territorial ForceU DDSY2/5/23

Printed. Training and manoeuvre regulationsU DDSY2/5/24

Printed. Memorandum of army training during the collective training periodU DDSY2/5/25

Printed. National Reserve regulationsU DDSY2/5/26

Printed. Field kitsU DDSY2/5/27

Printed. Instructions in pay duties in Territorial ForceU DDSY2/5/28

Printed. Preliminary instructions for training an infantry battalion under the 4 - company organisationU DDSY2/5/29

'Field service regulations, part I'U DDSY2/5/30

'Musketry regulations, part I'U DDSY2/5/31

Rules and regulations of the Royal Naval and Military TournamentU DDSY2/5/32

Ms. and ts. dedication to George V, with summaryU DDSY2/5/33

Order of procession (from 'Mercurius Politicus', May 1660)U DDSY2/5/34

Diagrams (positions, movement, costume, coloured drawing of procession for Royal Naval and Military Tournament)U DDSY2/5/35

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Cast listsU DDSY2/5/36

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Notes for crowd commandersU DDSY2/5/37

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Notes for OC cavalryU DDSY2/5/38

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Notes for OC infantryU DDSY2/5/39

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Cue sheetsU DDSY2/5/40

Ms. notes by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/41

Picture postcard. The Coldstream GuardsU DDSY2/5/42

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Official programme and souvenir picture bookU DDSY2/5/43

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Official programme and souvenir picture bookU DDSY2/5/44

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Official programmeU DDSY2/5/45

Notes on Roman words of command and military enginesU DDSY2/5/46

Diagrams (positions, movement, costume for Royal Naval and Military Tournament)U DDSY2/5/47

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Cast listsU DDSY2/5/48

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. General ordersU DDSY2/5/49

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Cue sheetsU DDSY2/5/50

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Draft script and lyricsU DDSY2/5/51

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Note on the music by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/52

Draft letter. Mark Sykes to Sir Charles [Stanford ?]U DDSY2/5/53

Sheet music. 'Incantation' and 'A Berserker's song'.U DDSY2/5/54

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Miscellaneous notes by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/55

Page from 'The Globe', including short article on the spectacleU DDSY2/5/56

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. Daily programmeU DDSY2/5/57

Royal Naval and Military Tournament. MenuU DDSY2/5/58

Picture postcardsU DDSY2/5/59

Form. 'Questions to be answered by a candidate for first appointment to a commission in the Militea, Yeomanry, Cavalry or Volunteers', completed by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/60

Note. E Dobson, Driffield, to W Wilson, Eddlethorpe, returning mapsU DDSY2/5/61

Ts. copy letter. R Lydekker, British Museum (Natural History), with suggestions for camouflaging field gunsU DDSY2/5/62

Draft memorandum by Mark Sykes, 'Soldiers that can be made in these islands'U DDSY2/5/63

'Observations on military training'U DDSY2/5/64

Ms. and ts. lecture on 'War', by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/65

Papers for instructional staff ride, Beverley, with appreciation by Lt. Col. J A StaveleyU DDSY2/5/66

Copy letter. Lt. Col. J A Staveley, OC 2nd Vol. Batt., East Yorkshire Regiment, to OC Humber Volunteer Infantry BrigadeU DDSY2/5/67

Draft letter. Mark Sykes to Col. (Staveley)U DDSY2/5/68

Reprint from 'Hull Daily Mail' of article on territorial forces, with speech by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/69

Bank book of 5th Battalion, Princess of Wales, Yorkshire RegimentU DDSY2/5/70

Scheme for the defence of ScarboroughU DDSY2/5/71

Draft letter. Mark Sykes to Col. StaveleyU DDSY2/5/72

Draft comment by Mark Sykes on the training syllabusU DDSY2/5/73

Draft comment by Mark Sykes on [Sledmere Rifle Club ?]U DDSY2/5/74

Reports (night operations at Eddlethorpe etc.)U DDSY2/5/75

Suggested training syllabusU DDSY2/5/76

Draft report by Mark Sykes to Col. Stracey Clitherow on a training operationU DDSY2/5/77

War office memorandum on march disciplineU DDSY2/5/78

Draft letter. Mark Sykes to Mr Phillips [Editor of 'Yorkshire Post' ?]U DDSY2/5/79

Letter from H Thelwell, Sledmere asking for photographs of Territorials at RichmondU DDSY2/5/80

Scheme for making a Foreign Service Reserve of Territorial Infantry, by Mark Sykes,U DDSY2/5/81

Programme of lectures for Northumbrian Division, Territorial ForceU DDSY2/5/82

Report on march, Doncaster to ScarboroughU DDSY2/5/83

Printed comment by OC York and Durham Infantry Brigade on training before annual campU DDSY2/5/84

Operation Order by OC 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, Scarborough. Training scheme (attack on York)U DDSY2/5/85

Memorandum by Mark Sykes on strength of Territorial ForceU DDSY2/5/86

Circular letter from War Office stating that only Army Council authorised to ask an officer to retire or resign his commissionU DDSY2/5/87

Circular letter from the War Office about 'Queens Mary's Territorial Prize' at BisleyU DDSY2/5/88

Copy letter (in pocket book). Mark Sykes to AdjutantU DDSY2/5/89

Draft articles by Mark Sykes on the Territorial ForceU DDSY2/5/90

Committee papers. North Riding Territorial Force AssociationU DDSY2/5/91

Draft letter. Mark Sykes to Editor of the 'Times'U DDSY2/5/92

Notes for Battalion trainingU DDSY2/5/93

Reports on defence of the railway round Seamer junctionU DDSY2/5/94

Scheme for 5th Battalion scouts, and reports about bivouac areas to Broxa/Staxton districts and night attack on Rowbrow, north east of Irton MoorU DDSY2/5/95

Receipt for five blankets from Queens Mary's 4th Battalion to Queen Mary's 5th Battalion, Yorkshire RegimentU DDSY2/5/96

Circular letter from War Office with questionnaire on business methods of Territorial AssociationsU DDSY2/5/97

Memorandum on relative strength of British and German navies, 1906 - 1912, by J T MiddlemoreU DDSY2/5/98

Territorial attestation formsU DDSY2/5/99

Circular letter from War Office directing that annual confidential reports be communicated to OCSU DDSY2/5/100

Mobilisation orders for 5th Battalion, Yorkshire RegimentU DDSY2/5/101

Lists of members and attendances [at Sledmere Rifle Club ?]U DDSY2/5/102

Account, by Mark Sykes, of his visit to the Western FrontU DDSY2/5/103

Nominal roll of 17 Wagoners' posted to 39 Company or dischargedU DDSY2/5/104

Remarks of GOC on operations of York and Durham BrigadeU DDSY2/5/105

Letter. War Office to Miss Yates, EddlethorpeU DDSY2/5/106

Notes and plates. Trench defence system by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/107

Circulars from Oxford University Press advertising 'What every soldier ought to know' (2)U DDSY2/5/108

Ms. and ts. draft letter. Mark Sykes to Lloyd GeorgeU DDSY2/5/109

Letters form Mark Sykes relating to proposed transfer of Wagoners from Army Service Corps to InfantryU DDSY2/5/110

Officers field message and sketch book. BlankU DDSY2/5/111

Syllabus of amusements for camp next year, by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/112

Ms. and printed rules of umpireless war gameU DDSY2/5/113

Message. Corporal Vinall to Mark Sykes with plan of road from Grovebeck to Redmire MoorU DDSY2/5/114

Cartoon. 'The horrors of militarism'U DDSY2/5/115

Note on the weather conditions during a dayU DDSY2/5/116

Notes on troop movementsU DDSY2/5/117

Drafts for lectures/articles by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/118

Rules of the Sledmere Rifle ClubU DDSY2/5/119

Notes on manual arms, firing exercise and uniforms (circa 1745 - 1751), by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/120

Encomium on death of Col. Staveley, by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/121

Accounts for weekend camp at EddlethorpeU DDSY2/5/122

Diagram of marching formation [of a battalion ?]U DDSY2/5/123

Draft notes by Mark Sykes on instruction of Territorial officers [incomplete]U DDSY2/5/124

Draft letter. Mark Sykes to the Editor, 'Daily Express'U DDSY2/5/125

Remarks by Inspecting Officer [in 5th Battalion ?]U DDSY2/5/126

Training schemeU DDSY2/5/127

Plan of Wharram areaU DDSY2/5/128

Draft scheme by Mark Sykes for Territorial Foreign Service ReserveU DDSY2/5/129

General idea of a scheme (Malton - Lockington area)U DDSY2/5/130

Diagram of timetable of a marchU DDSY2/5/131

Draft umpire's report on a scheme, by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/132

Notes on polychromatic system of camouflaging guns, by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/133

Strength return of 5th Battalion, Yorkshire RegimentU DDSY2/5/134

Fictitious letter, by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/135

Company rollU DDSY2/5/136

Draft letter from Mark Sykes recommending Colour Sergeant Wright for post of school attendance officerU DDSY2/5/137

Draft report by Mark Sykes on route march from Malton and Sledmere to Driffield. In exercise book. Some drawings and diagramsU DDSY2/5/138

Notes by Mark Sykes on scheme for recruitingU DDSY2/5/139

Notes by Mark Sykes on march of [French troops in 18th century]U DDSY2/5/140

Ms. and ts. notes for Junior Officers in Territorial Force, by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/141

Ms. and ts. draft article by Mark Sykes on imperial and home defenceU DDSY2/5/143

Miscellaneous notes and diagrams by Mark SykesU DDSY2/5/144

ProjectsU DDSY2/6

Political affairsU DDSY2/7

SpeechesU DDSY2/8

MiscellaneousU DDSY2/9

Material used by Shane Leslie for his book 'Mark Sykes. His life and letters'U DDSY2/10

Papers relating to the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the Zionist movement and the British policy in Islamic countriesU DDSY2/11

Papers of Sir Mark Sykes formerly on display at Sledmere HouseU DDSY2/12

Third deposit of papers of the Sykes family of SledmereU DDSY3

Fourth deposit of papers of the Sykes family of SledmereU DDSY4

Fifth deposit of papers of the Sykes family of SledmereU DDSY5

Sixth and subsequent deposits of papers of the Sykes family of SledmereU DDSY6