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!
Civilian Margaret Briggs , Victim of German Bombardment
Died 16 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Robert Spence 5428, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 16 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William Edward Charles 651, Royal Field Artillery
Died 16 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William Stephen Houston 5693, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 16 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Hugh Godfrey Brooksbank , Yorkshire Regiment
Died 16 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Alix Oliffe Liddle 18/107, Durham Light Infantry
Died 16 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Stephen Clarke 18/707, Durham Light Infantry
Died 16 December 1914
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Private Leslie Dobson Turner 18/398, Durham Light Infantry
Died 16 December 1914
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Private Theophilus Jones 18/295, Durham Light Infantry
Died 16 December 1914
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Private Walter Rogers 18/369, Durham Light Infantry
Died 16 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Drummer Harold Wright 2404, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 16 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Arnold Kime Needham 19023, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 16 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Benjamin Morgan 3437, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private William Benjamin Morgan 3437, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Matthew Walker 3312, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
Died 16 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Ernest Geoffrey Crisp , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Annie Elizabeth Smith Inglis , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 16 December 1916
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Company Quartermaster Serjeant Duncan Nicholl 2851, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 December 1916
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Driver David Herbert Squires 28754, Royal Field Artillery
Died 16 December 1916
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Lance Corporal Henry Vickers 1356, London Regiment
Died 16 December 1916
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Private Arthur Richardson 30446, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Bertram Doyle 4165, Australian Infantry
Died 16 December 1916
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Private Herbert Shaw G/18898, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 16 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas H Peace 18044, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 16 December 1916
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Second Lieutenant Harold Percy Tozer , Royal Flying Corps
Died 16 December 1916
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Second Lieutenant John Arthur Stuart Palmer , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 16 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Stewardess Anne O'Callaghan , Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Formby"
Died 16 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Petty Officer Charles Hemming 217661, H.M.S. "Victory I"
Died 16 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur John Ridgway 235142, Middlesex Regiment
Died 16 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Emmanuel Modeste 16570, British West Indies Regiment
Died 16 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Cephas Mcdonald Edmunds 9050, British West Indies Regiment
Died 16 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Henry Bailey 421065, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 16 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Sidney Charles Stroud A/203877, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 16 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Henry Colman 291769, Royal Engineers
Died 16 December 1930
Lives of the First World War
Private Reginald Cole S4/145212, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 16 December 1943
Lives of the First World War
Major Archibald Woollaston White , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 16 December 1945
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Roberta Catherine MacAdams , Ontario Military Hospital ( Orpington ).
Died 16 December 1959
Lives of the First World War