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 Basil MacLear , 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell VC , 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Company Quarter Master Serjeant Charles Thomas Abbott 5808, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 24 May 1915
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Lance Corporal Cecil Reginald Ringrose 3130, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal John Sydney Allen Stoneham 2768, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Died 24 May 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Roy Berriman Hatfield , London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Died 24 May 1915
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Major John Gwynne Griffith , 32nd Lancers; Brigade Major 9th Cavalry Brigade
Died 24 May 1915
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Private Eric Thomas Brown 360, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 24 May 1915
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Private Frederick Ralph Hudson 6441, East Surrey Regiment
Died 24 May 1915
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Private George Dakin 8516, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 24 May 1915
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Private Harold Ernest Parsons 1831, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1915
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Private John Pratt 2391, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 24 May 1915
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Private John Smith 2537, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 24 May 1915
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Private Leslie James Fennell 2432, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 May 1915
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Private Stanley Edwin White 2201, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 May 1915
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Private Thomas Edward Flook 3119, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 May 1915
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Private Thomas Emmerson Turnbull S/2379, Durham Light Infantry
Died 24 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Daniel Pike Pike-Stephenson , (Prince Of Wales') North Staffordshire Regiment attached Cheshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Herbert Waller Cummins , Yorkshire Regiment Territorial Force
Died 24 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Leonard John Harrison Harrison , Indian Unattached List Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 24 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Rupert George Boosey , 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)
Died 24 May 1915
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Sergeant Arthur Herbert Dickins 13583, Canadian Infantry
Died 24 May 1915
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Private Herbert G France 921, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1916
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Lieutenant Cecil Ernest Philcox , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1917
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Private Henry James Edward Smith 533696, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 May 1917
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Rifleman William Charles Bibbing 5199, 322399, London Regiment
Died 24 May 1917
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Serjeant Henry Leslie Pearce 530454, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 24 May 1917
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Able Seaman Reginald Weeks J/18219, HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party
Died 24 May 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Dennis Edmund Passmore 41050, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1918
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Private George Pearce 330529, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1918
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Private Arthur Ibbotson Thompson 20970, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 24 May 1919
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Private Uriah Aitken 11806, British West Indies Regiment
Died 24 May 1919
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Private William Harry Lye R/387848, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 24 May 1919
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Leading Telegraphist John William Basil Phillips J10426, HMS Ambuscade
Died 24 May 1928
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Air Mechanic Alfred Edward Ridgers 252741, Royal Air Force
Died 24 May 1933
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Gunner William Saunders Ray, MM 127079, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 24 May 1946
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Lieutenant Colonel Henry George Charles Viscount Lascelles , Yorkshire Hussars
Died 24 May 1947
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Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Percival Wavell , Royal Highlanders and General Staff
Died 24 May 1950
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Henry Knill MM 266193, Devonshire Regiment
Died 24 May 1958
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Private Alfred James Terence Fleming-Sandes VC 1482, London Regiment
Died 24 May 1961
Lives of the First World War