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!
Able Seaman Frederick Cyril Driffill Z/2343, Royal Naval Division
Died 29 September 1918
Lives of the First World War
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
29 September 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Alan Barrie Duncan MC. Unit: 75th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 29 September 1918 Killed in action Western Front.
Died 29 September 1918
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Captain Gervase Fardell , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 29 September 1918
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Chaplain The Reverend Cyril Bernard Wilson Buck , 1/5th Leicestershire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Commander Thomas Arthur Bassett , Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "President."
Died 29 September 1918
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Corporal Ernest William Carpenter W/5193, Royal Field Artillery
Died 29 September 1918
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Corporal Lawrence Carthage Weathers, V.C. 1153, Australian Infantry
Died 29 September 1918
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Gunner James Louis Clifford Hirst 71172. Unit: 2nd Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 29 September 1918, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 29 September 1918
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Lance Corporal Ernest Seaman VC 42364, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 29 September 1918
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Lance Corporal Walter James Nice 54335, Middlesex Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Lieutenant Francis Harold Langhorne , 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 29 September 1918
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Lieutenant Geoffrey Stephen Allfree , Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M. Motor Launch 247.
Died 29 September 1918
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Lieutenant Geoffrey Stephen Allfree. Unit: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Hermione, attached to HM Motor Launch No 247. Death: 29 September 1918 Died Home Waters
Died 29 September 1918
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Lieutenant Geoffrey Stephen Allfree. Unit: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Death: 29 September 1918 Drowned at sea on Active Service Home Waters
Died 29 September 1918
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Major John Alonzo Cox , Highland Cyclist Battalion
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Arthur F Matthews G/30772, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Arthur Leslie James 38566, Norfolk Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Clarence Charles Victor Westcott 654115, Canadian Infantry
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Daniel Edgar Thomas 48332, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Frank Ernest Sidney Cox 17633, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private George Harold Fowler MM 1220 (or 2162/A). Unit: 60th Battalion (or 59th Battalion), Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 29 September 1918, Bullecourt, Western Front.
Died 29 September 1918
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Private George Willetts 24787, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Harry Shutt 16671, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Howard Drinkwater 170053, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 29 September 1918
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Private James H Bailey 31216, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private John Shepherd 3080279, Canadian Infantry Quebec Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Joseph Standing Buffalo 2413310, Canadian Infantry
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Percy Dowten 41119, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Percy H Smith 164939, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 29 September 1918
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Private Thomas Louttit 204232, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 29 September 1918
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Second Lieutenant Joseph Thornton Laughton , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 29 September 1918
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Second Lieutenant William Frank Roper, M.C. , Royal Fusiliers
Died 29 September 1918
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