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 Mervyn Keats Sandys , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Cecil Murphy L/10131, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 22 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Frank Collis Clay 9699, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Lance Corporal William Singleton 7556, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Lieutenant Almericus John De Courcy Williams , West India Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Lieutenant Athol Benedict Trewman , Middlesex Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Lieutenant Charles Dunlop , Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 22 October 1914
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Lieutenant Charles Roger Ripley , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Lieutenant Colonel Bertram Edmund Ward , Middlesex Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Lieutenant Frederick Robert Pollock , Coldstream Guards
Died 22 October 1914
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Lieutenant Neville Linton Bridgland , East Surrey Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Lieutenant William Bernard Webster Levy-Lawson , Scots Guards
Died 22 October 1914
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Major William Northey, D.S.O. , Durham Light Infantry
Died 22 October 1914
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Private Charles Neil Chambers 9483, 1st Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Private Christmas Weale 11045, South Wales Borderers
Died 22 October 1914
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Private Frederick Shaw 7153, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Private John Gordon Hopkins L/8247, East Surrey Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Serjeant George Henry Woodward 9811, Cheshire Regiment
Died 22 October 1914
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Corporal Andrew Foster 3509, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 22 October 1915
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Gunner William Turnbull 96567, Royal Field Artillery
Died 22 October 1915
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Major John George Blackburne , 9th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 22 October 1915
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry Green 204176, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 22 October 1915
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Private Ernest R Smith 26947, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 22 October 1915
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Private George Heaney S/4726, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 22 October 1915
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Private John Oakes 2511, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 22 October 1915
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Arthur Willlam Randall 50249, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 22 October 1916
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Acting Corporal Ernest William Emery 889, London Regiment
Died 22 October 1916
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Acting Sergeant William Turnbull 23/39, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 22 October 1916
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Private Horace Hedley Portman 30632, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 22 October 1916
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Private Charles Henry Gibson 144278, Canadian Infantry
Died 22 October 1916
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Private Charles James Bird 5677, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 22 October 1916
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Private George Edward Day 42625, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 22 October 1916
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Private Henry Arthur Duffield 7007, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 22 October 1916
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Private Richards Williams 6401, British West Indies Regiment
Died 22 October 1916
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Rifleman Herbert Harold Perkins 5709, London Regiment
Died 22 October 1916
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Serjeant William James Baker F/521, Middlesex Regiment
Died 22 October 1916
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Captain Arthur Thomas Abraham , Manchester Regiment Imperial Army
Died 22 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class George Jones 268109 (Dev.), H.M.S. "Vivid."
Died 22 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Alf Blatchford Flindle 29590, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 22 October 1917
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Gunner Frederick Charles Brown 133905, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 22 October 1917
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Lance Corporal Arthur Heathcote 21978, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Lance Corporal John Ross 200039, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 22 October 1917
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Munitions Worker Isabella Crowthers , Ministry of Munitions - shipyard
Died 22 October 1917
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Private Alonzo Wilson Swallow 3123, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Private Arthur Augustin 1092, British West Indies Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Private Edwin Alfred Roberts 45571, Cheshire Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Private Frederick Bennett 285079, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 22 October 1917
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Private Frederick Newman 241938, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Private Herbert Dickinson 43425, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Private Herbert George Hancock 203076, Essex Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Private John Arthur Williams 19288, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Private Walter Cross 42202, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Private William Thomas Tyrer 49292, Manchester Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Second Lieutenant Harry Crank , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 22 October 1917
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Second Lieutenant William Dobinson , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 22 October 1917
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Sergeant Vernon Gordon King 2396A, Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Died 22 October 1917
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Serjeant George Gedney 242444, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Serjeant Joseph Hirst 240195, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1917
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Acting Corporal 2nd Samuel Olley Osborne 49001, Royal Engineers
Died 22 October 1918
Lives of the First World War