11th Bn Tank Corps WD - WO 95/100

[Gareth Davies]

Does anyone have a copy of the original 2 Sep 18 War Diary entry for 11th Bn Tank Corps?  Does it list casualties?

[GraemeClarke]

Gareth,

 

I have that they were 'refitting at Blairville tankdrome' between 1st and 23rd September, but this may refer to A,B and C Companies.

 

 There are quite a few casualties in August 1918 but as usual, only officers named. next casualties are 27 September 1918.

 

How does that fir in with what you have ??

Regards,

 

Graeme

 

[Gareth Davies]

Spot on.  Do you have a photo of the original page Graeme or are you using a transcript?  I will explain more in a bit. 

[GraemeClarke]

Hi Gareth,

 

Original but typed.

 

Graeme

[Gareth Davies]

Thanks Graeme, and thanks for the copy.  That's exactly the same as I have seen.  What has confused me is that the transcript I have is different, it has extra detail.  It maybe that the transcriber took material from the history and added it to the WD but this is the only example I have seen where the transcripts are not a faithful copy of the original.  Strange. 

[Gareth Davies]

So here's the issue.  Attached are screen shots of the document in the NA (W) 95/100) and of a version held in Bovington.  They are clearly similar in places but they certainly aren't the same. And they have different names on them.  Has anyone come across this problem before?