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 Frederick Wilberforce Alexander Steele , Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain John Henry Strode Batten , Liverpool Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Oliver Steele , Princess Charlotte of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Richard Dominic O'Connor , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Richard Dominic O’Connor. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Death: 25 October 1914 Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Thomas James Reynolds. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 25 October 1914 Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Robert John Williams 1260, Royal Field Artillery
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Alexander Jayne 7247, South Wales Borderers
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Charles Francis Nunneley , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Christopher Leather , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Edwin Winwood Robinson. Unit: D Squadron, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers. Death: 25 October 1914 near Ypres Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Frederick Charles Verner. Unit: 1st Battalion, King’s Shrophire Light Infantry. Death: 25 October 1914 Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Hugh John Sladen (Haden) Shields. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 25 October 1914 Killed in action near Ypres, between Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Hugh John Sladen Shields , Royal Army Medical Corps/Irish Guards
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant James Booker Brough Warren. Unit: 1st Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 25 October 1914 Killed in Action near Ypres by a shell. Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Nigel Kennedy MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 25 October 1914 at Gheluvelt, Western Front.
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Algernon Fitzgerald Foley , Norfolk Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Vernon Dudley Bramsdon Bransbury , Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Vernon Dudley Bramsdon Bransbury. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 25 October 1914 Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Vivian Trevor Tighe Rea , Royal Irish Rifles
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Vivian Trevor Tighe Rea. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 25 October 1914, Western Front.
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Hugh Holbech. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: wounded in action on 25 October 1914 near Ypres, died on 1 November 1914 in hospital at Woolwich, London.
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Ronald Anthony Markham MID twice. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 25 October 1914 Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major William Lynn Allen DSO. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 25 October 1914
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Edward Brain 1088, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Lionel Clarke 10269. Unit: 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Death: 25 October 1914 Killed in action Age 19 years
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private John Fletcher 8096, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Peter Bradley 5719, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Francis 'Frank' Allard 3/9212, 2nd Wiltshire Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alfred Victor Laws , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alfred Victor Laws. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 25 October 1914 Western Front
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Verner , Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Rupert Alexander Fetherstonhaugh. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 25 October 1914 to 27 October 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Western Front.
Died 25 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Hubert Reginald Stock , East Kent Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant John Greville Hobart Bird , Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Logan E Studley , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Russell Willis , York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 25 October 1914
Lives of the First World War