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 Malcolm Arthur Russell Bell , att. 58th Rifles
Died 26 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Walter Penrose Pritchett , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 26 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Walter Sinclair Smith 6179, Scottish Rifles
Died 26 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Shea 13/853, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 26 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur Beardsworth 3776, Royal Marines Medical Unit
Died 26 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Stoker 1st Class Harold William Bellingham K19780, HM Submarine 'E6'
Died 26 December 1915
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Richard Kavanagh 1757, Royal Field Artillery
Died 26 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Harman 5267, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 26 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Bertram T Hurlock R 34004, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 26 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Gilbertson 42711, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 26 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George I Turnbull S/14558, Gordon Highlanders
Died 26 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Ashton 4900, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 26 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Edward Kingsley Bemand , Royal Field Artillery
Died 26 December 1916
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Amos Bailey 19604, 95th Siege Battery Royal Artillery
Died 26 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert Edward Edgington 426553, 935th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps
Died 26 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Wellington Pilkington 14959, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 26 December 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Francis Robert Aerts 301936, 5th London Regiment
Died 26 December 1919
Lives of the First World War
Engineer Commander Harry Croad Read , H.M.S. "Vivid."
Died 26 December 1920
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Craig 5120, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 26 December 1920
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Stephen Massey Poyntz , Training Centre
Died 26 December 1934
Lives of the First World War
Private Ivor Bertie Gurney 241281, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 26 December 1937
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Moulds 23362, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 26 December 1950
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Joseph Henry Haigh 123203, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 26 December 1967
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Leonard Hawkins 185021, Royal Field Artillery
Died 26 December 1968
Lives of the First World War