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 and Adjutant John Francis Allen , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 4 November 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Cecil Allan Taylor Conyngham , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 4 November 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Charles Fremoult Preston Battersby , Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 November 1914
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Captain Ivan Dayrell Meredith Hogg , 101st Grenadiers
Died 4 November 1914
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Captain John Henry Middleton Fuller , 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry
Died 4 November 1914
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Captain Percy Stuart Banning , Royal Munster Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1914
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Captain Thomas McCann Phillips , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 4 November 1914
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Guardsman Charles Frederick Selman 5494, Scots Guards
Died 4 November 1914
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Lance Corporal Albert Edward Brawn 9125, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 4 November 1914
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Lieutenant Colonel Beauchamp Tyndall Pell, D.S.O. , Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 4 November 1914
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Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Berkeley Cook , 1st Life Guards
Died 4 November 1914
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Lieutenant Cyril Garlies Dickson , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 4 November 1914
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Lieutenant Hubert James Tudor Hamer , 108th Indian Infantry
Died 4 November 1914
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Lieutenant Samuel Vernon Einem-Hickson , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 4 November 1914
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Major Aubrey John Carter , The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 4 November 1914
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Private Albert Edward Honeywell 7907, South Wales Borderers
Died 4 November 1914
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Private Alfred Appleton 6302, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 4 November 1914
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Private Alfred Charles Barnard 8421, South Wales Borderers
Died 4 November 1914
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Private James Hildersley 7760, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1914
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Private Sydney Munton 3/9388, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 4 November 1914
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Private Thomas John Casson 8966, South Wales Borderers
Died 4 November 1914
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Private William Henry Coy 8742, South Wales Borderers
Died 4 November 1914
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Second Lieutenant James Douglas Herbert Farmer , 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 November 1914
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Second Lieutenant Rupert Colerick Leybourne Pilliner , Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 November 1914
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Serjeant Basil Gwynne Griffiths 41567, Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 November 1914
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Serjeant William John Thomas 11848, Grenadier Guards
Died 4 November 1914
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Serjeant William Watson 5517, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 4 November 1914
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Lieutenant Philip Anthony Brown , Durham Light Infantry
Died 4 November 1915
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Private Caleb Snashall 8647, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 4 November 1915
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Private James Ellsworth 625, Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Died 4 November 1915
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Private Richard Clegg 16762, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 4 November 1915
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Private Samuel Hiscock 1283, Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Died 4 November 1915
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Leading Deck Hand Malcolm MacRae SD 1600, Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Wallington
Died 4 November 1916
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Private Arthur Herbert Reynolds 40389, Suffolk Regiment
Died 4 November 1916
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Private Harry Henry McDonald 13/644, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 4 November 1916
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Private Richard Hill 458, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 4 November 1916
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Private Walter Carter C1392, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 4 November 1916
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Private Wilfred Waddington 15147, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 4 November 1916
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Regimental Serjeant Major Herbert Goulding 5055, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1916
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Rifleman Harry James Checketts 4905, London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles)
Died 4 November 1916
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Acting Corporal Horace Lodwick Osborne 27966, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 November 1917
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Lieutenant John Percival Marshall , Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 November 1917
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Private Albert George Mann 330771, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 November 1917
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Private Charles Henry Sutton 201487, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 November 1917
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Private Charles Rupert Woolcock 200131, Welsh Regiment
Died 4 November 1917
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Private Ernest Rowland Lewis 534248, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 November 1917
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Private Frank Dixon Riddlesworth 290515, Cheshire Regiment
Died 4 November 1917
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Private George Capper 241497, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 4 November 1917
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Private Walter Herbert Ward 203912, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 4 November 1917
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Serjeant George Reginald Tyrrell 310333, Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 4 November 1917
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Serjeant William Herbert Powell 203251, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 4 November 1917
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Trooper Henry Cecil Drader 1311, Australian Light Horse
Died 4 November 1917
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Captain Francis Jones-Bateman , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1918
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Gunner Charles Albert Hall 109487, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 4 November 1918
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Gunner Joseph Cleminson 213269, Royal Field Artillery
Died 4 November 1918
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Lance Corporal Edward Divall G/21713, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 4 November 1918
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Lance Corporal Frederick Charles Edwards 41734, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 4 November 1918
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Lance Corporal John Edmunds 33601, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1918
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Lieutenant Arthur Norman Usher, MC , 10th (Stockbrokers') Battalion Royal Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1918
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Lieutenant Colonel James Neville Marshall VC , Irish Guards
Died 4 November 1918
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Lieutenant Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, M.C. , Manchester Regiment
Died 4 November 1918
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Major Lt- Col,Edward Frank Harrison Harrison , Special List
Died 4 November 1918
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Nursing Sister Evelyn Verrall McKay , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 4 November 1918
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Nursing Sister Mary Jennette Robins , Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
Died 4 November 1918
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Private Albert Crawford 42151, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 4 November 1918
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Private Alfred Charles Groom R-22629, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 4 November 1918
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Private Arthur Charles Junkison 699, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 November 1918
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Private Cecil George Marshall M/33836, Army Service Corps
Died 4 November 1918
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Private Frank Laycock 79215, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1918
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Private Fred Patchett 242404, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 4 November 1918
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Private Frederick George Swain 28571, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 4 November 1918
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Private Frederick Parker 13022, South Wales Borderers
Died 4 November 1918
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Private George Dawe GS/36825, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 4 November 1918
Lives of the First World War