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!
Bombardier William Henry King 38260, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 12 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Gerald Mytton Thornycroft , King's African Rifles
Died 12 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain George Patrick Osborn Springfield , Dragoon Guards
Died 12 September 1914
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Major Arthur Francis Henderson , 27th Light Cavalry
Died 12 September 1914
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Second Lieutenant Eric Vickers Tindall , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 12 September 1914
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Captain John Sweetland Dallas , 1/6th Gurkha Rifles
Died 12 September 1915
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Lance Corporal Frank Leslie Fisher 2317, Cheshire Regiment
Died 12 September 1915
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Private George Frederick Weston 6834, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 12 September 1915
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Private John William Pharo T/2844, The Queen's Regiment
Died 12 September 1915
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Lieutenant Oliver Hugh Ormrod , Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 September 1916
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Private Allan Cowling 30026, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 12 September 1916
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Private Frank Winter 6336, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 September 1916
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Private Gibson Fitzgerald Skelton 467431, Canadian Infantry
Died 12 September 1916
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Private Henry Burcher 11350, South Wales Borderers
Died 12 September 1916
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Private Horace Osborne Robotham F/2397, Middlesex Regiment
Died 12 September 1916
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Private Percy Walder G/11392, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 12 September 1916
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Private Sydney Ford 16048, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 September 1916
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Gunner Ernest Albert Marsh L/11232, Royal Field Artillery
Died 12 September 1917
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Lance Corporal Ernest Nicholson P/7964, Military Police Corps
Died 12 September 1917
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Leading Mechanic Joseph Chorley Simpson 209040, Royal Navy Air Service
Died 12 September 1917
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Private Esau Roach 10484, British West Indies Regiment
Died 12 September 1917
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Private James Patrick Lambe 10589, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 12 September 1917
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Private Lionel Brough 220017, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 12 September 1917
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Private Robert Adolphus Smith 7225, British West Indies Regiment
Died 12 September 1917
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Rifleman Herbert James Bateup 5894, 8th London Regiment
Died 12 September 1917
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Boatswain's Mate William Charles Shepherd Thomas , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Galway Castle" (London)
Died 12 September 1918
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Chief Petty Officer George Harbord King VR/3461, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Died 12 September 1918
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Lance Corporal Charles William Johnston 1851, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 12 September 1918
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Lance Corporal Emrys Morgan Evans 202824, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 12 September 1918
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Lance Corporal Joseph Henry Vale 11103, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 12 September 1918
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Nursing Sister Alice Louise Trusdale , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 12 September 1918
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Ordinary Seaman Alfred Charles Hewitt SS9534, H.M.S. "Victory I"
Died 12 September 1918
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Private Alexander Forsyth DEAL/9844 (S), Royal Marine Labour Corps
Died 12 September 1918
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Private Clifford Fozzard 202322, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 12 September 1918
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Private Francis H Webb 84274, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 12 September 1918
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Private Leslie J Andrews 123727, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 12 September 1918
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Private Thomas Ivor Jones 73286, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 12 September 1918
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Private William Edward Martin 534334, 15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 12 September 1918
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Probationer Nurse Constance Addison , South African Military Nursing Service
Died 12 September 1918
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Stoker 2nd Class John Joseph Dowling K53483, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 12 September 1918
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Third Stewardess Alice Elverson Smith , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Galway Castle" (London)
Died 12 September 1918
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Third Stewardess Sarah Lavinia Topp nee Mills , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Galway Castle" (London)
Died 12 September 1918
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Trimmer Georgio Azzopardi 946215, Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Sarnia
Died 12 September 1918
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Trimmer Rosario Brincat 946225, Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Sarnia
Died 12 September 1918
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Private Frank B Catchpole 5765260, Norfolk Regiment
Died 12 September 1920
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Stoker 1st Class William Isaac Gale K30752, HMS. Patrol boat. P46.
Died 12 September 1920
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Lieutenant Colonel HRH Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught , 2nd Dragoon Guards
Died 12 September 1938
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Ordinary Seaman Michael Terrance O'Brien J51642, HMS Chester
Died 12 September 1940
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Gunner Albert Victor Roberts Henly 329173, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 12 September 1952
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Captain James Albert Edward Hamilton , North Irish Horse
Died 12 September 1953
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Second Lieutenant Alex Birkmire , 6th Welsh Regiment
Died 12 September 1956
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Captain Allan Ebenezer Ker VC , Gordon Highlanders
Died 12 September 1958
Lives of the First World War