13 Bn East Surrey Regiment

[Tom Lang]

I have been transcribing the War Diary of the 13th Bn East Surrey Regiment.

The NA has the Diary in 3 parts:

WO 95/2612/3 01 Jun 1916 - 31 Jan 1918; 40th Division, 120th Infantry Brigade: Online

WO 95/2606/4 01 Feb 1918 - 31 Jul 1918; 40th Division, 119th Infantry Brigade: Online

WO 95/5460 Aug 1918 ONLY ; Part XI Home Forces : NOT online

I downloaded the 1st part (WO 95/2612/3 01 Jun 1916 - 31 Jan 1918) some time ago and completed my transcription.

Last week I downloaded the 2nd part (WO 95/2606/4 01 Feb 1918 - 31 Jul 1918).

The pages for July 1918 are in (what I call) a photo-negative style.

There are 7 pages for July 1918 and all are in the same style. No other page is like these.

I contacted the 'digitaldownloads' section at the NA to ask why, and they replied:

"We have taken a look at the original pages of WO 95/2606/4 and can confirm that the online PDF matches the original for July 1918".

I've attached a sample from June 1918 and a sample from July 1918 to ask if anyone has seen this before "as the original pages".

Kindest Regards,

Tom.

[Tom Lang]

Or maybe these first page examples:

Kindest Regards,

Tom.

[WalkEric]

Is this the kind of thing you are looking for? I photographed this document myself at TNA, from WO 95/2593/5

[Tom Lang]

Is this the kind of thing you are looking for? I photographed this document myself at TNA, from WO 95/2593/5

Well, not exactly.

I also have that section of the 40th Div Diary (WO 95/2593/5).

My question was regarding why the download I received recently (WO 95/2606/4) contains regular 'style' pages, then the last 7 pages are in this 'photo-negative' style.

But thanks for your reply.

Kindest Regards,

Tom.