Riddle and Grindelwald in 1945

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 109113

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Snow:
 
> We don't know when Voldemort's birthday is though and that Does 
> matter. Harry is in year five in OOP and is 15; he doesn't turn 16 
> until July after his fifth school year ends but before the 6th 
> begins. This would mean that Harry will be 17 when he graduates 
> Hogwarts but 18 in that same year. 

Geoff:
In UK schools, the cut-off date for ages is 31st August. So anyone 
whose 11th birthday falls within that frame goes into the new First 
Year(modern Year 7). Hence, Harry is one of the youngest pupils in 
his year.

I nearly made the point in my last post that Riddle must have a 
birthday early in the school year, because if we accept that he was 
in the Fifth Year and 16 and the Chamber was opened in the autumn 
term of 1942 (awful lot of Boolean "ands" there [!]) then his 16th 
birthday must have fallen early in his Fourth year making him one of 
the oldest pupils.