Why are MIC entries slightly different to British Regiments book?

[potty5]

Dear forum members can anybody tell me why a soldiers MIC regarding landing in a war zone is often one day out to the dates of the relevant battalion landing in the British Regiments book by E.A. James?

[Coldstreamer]

departure and arrival maybe ?

[jay dubaya]

Correct, most crossing to France were overnight

[ss002d6252]

It can depend on the clerk whether they put date of departure or arrival. Especially if going across the channel a lot of ships moved overnight so men left on one day and arrived on the next - the 6th DLI, for example, moved overseas across the 19/20 April 1915 - some MIC's state the 19th and some state the 20th.

Craig