War Diaries Talk

Mistaken date

  • edinflo by edinflo

    I think the written year here - 1917 - is a mistake. I believe it says Saturday September 7th 1917, however there was no Saturday September 17th in 1917. There was one in 1918 and the page is listed being in the diary for 1/9/18-30/9/18.

    Should I tag it with the correct date or with the date as written?

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    Sorry for the delayed response here. It seems clear that it was a slip of pen, so I'd go with the correct date, rather than the one as written - usually we'd advise tagging exactly what's in the diary page, but in cases like this it makes more sense to go with what we're reasonably certain is correct.

    Thanks!

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  • edinflo by edinflo

    Thanks! I ended up not tagging this page in the end but hopefully the next person will see this!

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