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• FAQ - How to use your profiles in Op War Diary

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  Last post September 1, 2016 3:23 PM by cyngast

• FAQ – General Topics

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  Last post November 6, 2014 8:12 PM by wildcatjenny

• Odd Ranks - What should we be doing with them?

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  Last post October 4, 2017 9:58 AM by ral104

• FAQ – Comments and Hashtags

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  Last post November 8, 2014 4:50 PM by wildcatjenny

• FAQ – Standard Tags / Part 1: Basics, Dates, Persons, Places

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  Last post November 6, 2014 7:44 PM by wildcatjenny

• FAQ – Standard Tags / Part 2: Other Standard Tags

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  Last post November 6, 2014 7:15 PM by wildcatjenny

• Mis-filed or mis-labelled diaries

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  Last post May 30, 2017 7:31 PM by cyngast

• Message for TonyBri regarding Le Preol Query.

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  Last post September 7, 2018 3:20 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• New Diaries

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  Last post August 17, 2018 7:55 AM by ral104

• Reports - 'page 2'

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  Last post August 12, 2018 1:05 AM by cyngast

• Has anyone else had Problems with Windows 10 lately?

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  Last post May 21, 2018 1:17 PM by deehar

• Tagging placenames in lefthand column

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  Last post April 24, 2018 2:37 PM by deehar

• How do I record the award of medals etc?

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  Last post April 18, 2018 12:57 AM by cyngast

• In the Field and wrong rank

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  Last post April 6, 2018 11:07 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• How do I collect Favourites?

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  Last post April 1, 2018 4:40 PM by Stork

• Query Access to The Talk Page.

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  Last post March 29, 2018 3:54 PM by cyngast

• How do I classify Orders

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  Last post March 12, 2018 12:09 AM by cyngast

• basic question - how do I leave a page unfinished and return to it later?

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  Last post February 17, 2018 11:43 PM by cyngast

• sdorman120 - Re your question on Russian Troops ww1.

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  Last post January 30, 2018 5:10 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• Clarification of tagging under 'person' in diary

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  Last post October 13, 2017 9:28 AM by ral104

• Query regarding the rank of SSM.

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  Last post October 3, 2017 9:41 AM by ral104

• Field Guide - calendar

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  Last post August 2, 2017 12:42 PM by sk001

• Items of potential interest with no tag

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  Last post July 20, 2017 4:19 PM by cyngast

• Message for sdorman who was asking a question regarding the Redan Ridge.

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  Last post July 14, 2017 1:31 PM by sdorman120

• When units are detached / attached

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  Last post May 7, 2017 1:58 AM by cyngast

• How to properly tag diary pages when author has written on an angle and events don't line up under the correct date tag.

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  Last post March 20, 2017 10:01 AM by ral104

• Message for DamianS Regarding 7 Division: 23 Field Ambulance Query re date of Diary.

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  Last post February 16, 2017 4:35 AM by cyngast

• Message for tudorsn - re Query on the Year of your diary for 3 CAVALRY DIVISION: 4 Brigade Royal Horse Artillery.

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  Last post January 12, 2017 4:18 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• Message for Moderator:

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  Last post December 24, 2016 6:51 PM by ral104

• Answer to a question from aleksanderbarda regarding Expenditure.

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  Last post November 26, 2016 4:03 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• Tagging Operation Orders

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  Last post November 14, 2016 10:12 AM by ral104

• Query on Report pages of a private diary contained in the diary of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.

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  Last post November 5, 2016 11:57 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• Re comment regarding the 2nd Btn Royal Irish Regiment

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  Last post November 4, 2016 6:26 PM by ral104

• Is there a glitch on the Google Map Box today Monday?

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  Last post October 28, 2016 10:02 AM by ral104

• Can you answer this query re tagging of pages please? Are my tags going through on the pages?

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  Last post October 24, 2016 5:48 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• Same diary

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  Last post September 20, 2016 9:55 AM by ral104

• Nominal Rolls - Casualties

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  Last post August 26, 2016 11:15 PM by peterr1006

• Just a thought

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  Last post May 18, 2016 2:55 PM by stoat11

• Unit Activity when tagging 2 CAVALRY DIVISION: 2 CAVALRY DIVISION AUXILIARY HORSE TRANSPORT (575 COMPANY A.S.C.)

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  Last post May 7, 2016 11:59 AM by stoat11

• georgii_d Regarding your research into your Great Uncle John Knight.

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  Last post May 1, 2016 5:17 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• To Hospital

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  Last post April 26, 2016 4:03 PM by ral104

• List of war diaries available to tag

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  Last post April 21, 2016 9:35 AM by ral104

• Jan Greenslade - Name Query. Also information for anyone else tagging diary of 2nd Div: 2nd Btn. Machine Guns Corps,

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  Last post April 17, 2016 12:05 PM by Jan_Greenslade

• 2 DIVISION: 100 Field Ambulance correction to their Diary pages:

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  Last post April 7, 2016 9:19 AM by ral104

• Query on a rank for an NCO - 1 Btn DCLI

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  Last post March 29, 2016 9:01 AM by ral104

• Security Message - Using Windows 10 - Chrome, Thought you should know about this.

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  Last post March 17, 2016 10:27 AM by ral104

• Photographs taken of the 2nd Division - 2 Battalion Machine Gun Corps on 8th February 1919.

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  Last post February 19, 2016 9:33 AM by ral104

• Inspection and Church Parades

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  Last post February 17, 2016 9:44 PM by ral104

• Adding additional details to names of individuals

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  Last post February 15, 2016 9:25 AM by ral104

• Moderator could you please help Penny on the following question. "How Can I Save a Page but have not finished so I can return to it later?"

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  Last post January 27, 2016 9:20 AM by ral104

• Query by by SarahtheEntwife Regarding Commanders Officers name.

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  Last post January 26, 2016 6:06 PM by ral104

• Query on Grid Reference Tags

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  Last post January 14, 2016 4:59 PM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• Is there any way to increase the Google Maps window

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  Last post January 3, 2016 7:10 AM by glendam

• hashtag list

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  Last post December 26, 2015 12:22 AM by ral104

• “Julius Caesar came to see us in the afternoon."

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  Last post December 23, 2015 9:07 AM by ral104

• Mentioned in Dispatches

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  Last post December 17, 2015 12:39 PM by David_Underdown

• Horses - descriptions

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  Last post November 29, 2015 8:59 PM by ral104

• junkfilterbox Regarding your question i.e. (Some sort of test was performed on the horses) 1 Cav.Div. 39 Mobile Vet. Section

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  Last post November 24, 2015 12:03 AM by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

• wrongly dated or just plain mixed-up

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  Last post October 30, 2015 10:48 AM by ral104

• R.A.M.C. -DOCTORS -conditions of service?

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  Last post October 20, 2015 2:58 PM by LinsladeLad

• Cameron Highlanders - Question by cgastwein regarding ranks of Jamieson and Chalmers

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  Last post October 15, 2015 11:24 AM by ral104

• Duplicate pages?

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  Last post August 7, 2015 11:26 AM by ral104

• Missing Diary Pages - 2 Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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  Last post August 4, 2015 10:15 AM by ral104

• Tag for "Visiting"

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  Last post July 15, 2015 8:31 AM by ral104

• Rewriting locations

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  Last post July 4, 2015 8:08 PM by ral104

• Missing diary page(s)?

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  Last post June 18, 2015 3:12 PM by stoat11

• Map notes

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  Last post May 29, 2015 5:57 PM by ral104

• Mis-filed or mis-labelled diaries - old thread

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  Last post May 29, 2015 3:03 PM by ral104

• Finding completed diaries

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  Last post May 27, 2015 7:01 PM by calvados

• Unit Movements

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  Last post May 14, 2015 10:21 PM by ral104

• What is tagging?

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  Last post May 6, 2015 4:56 PM by ral104

• Referring to past diary entries

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  Last post April 13, 2015 5:06 PM by ral104

• Casualty Numbers for 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders Sept 1916.

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  Last post March 12, 2015 1:32 PM by ral104

• Query with Army Service Numbers

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  Last post March 4, 2015 9:38 AM by ral104

• Transcription of faint page for 7Div. 8 Btn Deonshire Regiment.

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  Last post January 27, 2015 11:04 AM by ral104

• Blog Post & Tips: How to Collect Similar Images with Tag Groups

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  Last post January 16, 2015 4:29 PM by DZM

• PERSONAL LETTER HOME

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  Last post January 2, 2015 9:43 AM by HeatherC

• Easy way to get to discussion page/collection button?

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  Last post December 12, 2014 12:52 AM by SarahtheEntwife

• Aeroplane types

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  Last post December 11, 2014 9:52 AM by ral104

• Married Without Leave

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  Last post December 5, 2014 5:19 PM by cgastwein@aol.com

• Regimental Activities

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  Last post November 30, 2014 2:06 PM by Jan Greenslade

• Officer list

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  Last post November 17, 2014 10:20 PM by pudsey63

• rations

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  Last post November 15, 2014 12:54 AM by wildcatjenny

• Why is there no back button?

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  Last post November 11, 2014 1:23 AM by wildcatjenny

• fatigues

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  Last post November 10, 2014 7:49 AM by HeatherC

• Dates

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  Last post November 9, 2014 4:26 PM by wildcatjenny

• List of completed diaries

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  Last post October 31, 2014 1:25 PM by ral104

• M.G Corp

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  Last post October 28, 2014 7:53 AM by HeatherC

• clarity

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  Last post October 27, 2014 11:39 PM by 141Dial34

• Is there more info about this execution?

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  Last post October 27, 2014 8:25 AM by HeatherC

• linit

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  Last post October 27, 2014 6:07 AM by 141Dial34

• Ammunition dumps

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  Last post October 25, 2014 10:38 AM by HeatherC

• hmmm what to call it

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  Last post October 17, 2014 9:15 AM by HeatherC

• mail

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  Last post October 16, 2014 10:23 PM by HeatherC

• Casualty List Tagging - Killed or Wounded?

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  Last post October 15, 2014 4:17 PM by ral104

• Dates, Times and Places

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  Last post September 26, 2014 11:13 AM by HeatherC

• How to tag "Orders received that the Bde would move ...."

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  Last post September 25, 2014 4:38 PM by stoat11

• Casualties passing through Field Ambulance

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  Last post September 8, 2014 10:07 AM by ral104

• Diary Sheet - Place

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  Last post September 1, 2014 10:56 AM by ral104

• Wrong year

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  Last post August 24, 2014 1:04 PM by HeatherC

• How do I deal with sideways images / duplicated images / negative scans / other issues with the scanning quality?

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  Last post August 22, 2014 5:38 PM by brownfox

• Person Tag: Return Information

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  Last post August 22, 2014 12:11 PM by HeatherC

• FAQ

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  Last post August 21, 2014 2:47 PM by orchman

• Duplicate tags

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  Last post August 18, 2014 5:00 PM by HeatherC

• Diary or report

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  Last post August 15, 2014 9:25 PM by HeatherC

• Granting of commissions and Drill Sergeants

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  Last post August 13, 2014 10:18 PM by HeatherC

• Raiding & Attacking

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  Last post August 13, 2014 12:46 PM by Jan Greenslade

• Incomplete Diaries

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  Last post August 10, 2014 8:50 PM by HeatherC

• enemy killed

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  Last post August 6, 2014 5:38 PM by HeatherC

• Notes

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  Last post August 6, 2014 3:56 PM by wildcatjenny

• how do i temporarily hide the markers for names and dates i've already classified?

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  Last post August 4, 2014 9:36 PM by anca2

• Operations File

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  Last post July 24, 2014 1:45 PM by HeatherC

• Misfiled

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  Last post July 18, 2014 7:19 PM by ral104

• 'Classify page' format

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  Last post July 3, 2014 9:08 PM by fisfiris

• Other Country's Diaries

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  Last post June 30, 2014 3:41 PM by ral104

• NOMINAL ROLL

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  Last post June 25, 2014 4:47 PM by ral104

• Why tag instead of transcribe?

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  Last post June 9, 2014 3:37 PM by ral104

• Report Transcription

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  Last post June 2, 2014 11:29 AM by Jan Greenslade

• Wrong diary?

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  Last post May 29, 2014 5:33 PM by angiehart

• [FEATURE REQUEST] I want to finish the page I was last on.

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  Last post May 26, 2014 7:37 PM by HeatherC

• Pressed finished in error!

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  Last post May 24, 2014 7:19 AM by Maria64

• Two days missing from 6th Welsh diary

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  Last post May 20, 2014 1:41 PM by HeatherC

• 'taking over' or 'picked up' horses

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  Last post May 19, 2014 11:21 PM by HeatherC

• Why is the current batch of diaries progressing so slowly?

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  Last post May 15, 2014 6:55 PM by Poodle

• Repeated (but not identical) diary entries

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  Last post May 8, 2014 9:14 PM by sarahloving

• War Diaries

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  Last post May 7, 2014 2:57 PM by poppynine

• working with different people on the same pages

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  Last post April 20, 2014 12:34 PM by linda2

• [IMPROVEMENT] A glossary would be useful

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  Last post April 15, 2014 6:51 PM by HeatherC

• November-December 1916 Diary Pages Missing

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  Last post April 1, 2014 3:55 PM by Curt Carpenter

• Not the right diary? QOOH / 6DG

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  Last post March 26, 2014 10:57 PM by HeatherC

• Choice

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  Last post March 12, 2014 11:44 AM by eatyourgreens

• Not a diary, but good info - how to classify?

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  Last post March 7, 2014 2:40 PM by hilaryford

• Can I use external sources to try and confirm what I think the page says – for example names from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or a regimental History?

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  Last post February 5, 2014 12:07 PM by MatthewIWM

• Using this site as a teaching tool

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  Last post January 25, 2014 7:53 PM by simonedi

• Other Fronts?

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  Last post January 24, 2014 1:10 PM by eatyourgreens

• "Q"?

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  Last post January 19, 2014 9:31 PM by simonedi

• What does -do- mean?

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  Last post January 16, 2014 4:59 PM by spof