This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Captain Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid VC , Middlesex Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain George Cuthbert Warburton Harker , London Regiment (The Rangers)
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain George Henry Tatham Paton, V.C., M.C. , Grenadier Guards
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain John Herdman Kean , King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Collier 201078, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal William Fisher 240792, King's Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Guardsman Frank Theodore Reginald Rossiter 24474, Grenadier Guards
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Kriegsanleihetag der Österreichischen Bühnen [War Loan Day of the Austrian Theatres]
1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieut-Gen Sir Travers Clarke, KCMG, CB: Quarter-Master General, France. Painted December 1917
1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cyril Walter Bown , West Somerset Yeomanry
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Joseph Higgin Jobling , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Major Edwin Christian Corbyn. Unit: 18th King George's Own Lancers, Indian Army. Death: 01 December 1917 Western Front
Died 1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
National-Sammlung - Ausstellung [National Collection - Exhibition]
1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Stanley Woolnough 2476, Devon Yeomanry
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Henry Herbert 26433, Grenadier Guards
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Arthur Dore 531561, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Moss 23550, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick J Jordan 292670, Middlesex Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Walter King 27851, Grenadier Guards
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Grimson D/9523, 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling)
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Victor Cudmore 533692, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private James Robert Rowles 533202, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Nathaniel McAteer 51082, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Alexander Peters 25915, Grenadier Guards
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Alexander Peters 25915. Unit: 4th Company, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 01 December 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter Rowland Thomas 320820, Welsh Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Victor Long G/43957, Middlesex Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Evans 28707. Unit: 10th Platoon, 3rd Company, 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 01 December 1917 Western Front.
Died 1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William James Hand 202403, Hampshire Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Thomas Bottomley S/28296. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 01 December 1917
Died 1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman William George Pointing 324397, London Regiment
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant F Arrey. Unit: King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 01 December 1917
Died 1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant James Malcolm Chitty , Grenadier Guards
Died 1 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant James Malcolm Chitty. Unit: 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 01 December 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 1 December 1917
Imperial War Museum