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!
Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart , Royal Naval Division
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Battery Serjeant Major Ernest George Harlock VC 42617, Royal Field Artillery
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Walter Bane 293009, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Driver Harpley Appleby T3/025974, Army Service Corps
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Charles Henry Jones 12021, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Serjeant John Henry Gare 762402, London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Leading Seaman Joseph Ingham Battye. Service number: Tyneside Z/11314. Unit: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, SS Hercules. Death: 30 December 1917.
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cyril Groom , London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Cyril Groom. Unit: 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artist's Rifles). Death: 30 December 1917, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Westby , Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Mrs Mary Couldrey, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died December 1917 30 December 1917.
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Alan Ian Henry Cleland 760963, London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Augustine Mortyn 533391, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Hole 537045, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Emanuel Edwards 8704, British West Indies Regiment
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Martin Ocoral Williams 11732, British West Indies Regiment
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Fergus O'Connor Walter Law 39704, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Frank McKenzie G/40186, Duke of Cambridge's Own - Middlesex Regiment
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Gamm Dyson 766949, London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Gamm Dyson 766949. Unit: 1st/28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles). Death: 30 December 1917 Missing in action Western Front. Son of Matthew and Mary Dyson, of Whitwell Cottage, Stocksbridge, Sheffield.
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Henry Middlebrook 18422. Unit: C Company, 2nd/5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 30 December 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George William Williams 534819, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Jennings 533044, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harvey Edward Field 537050, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert George Pope 533090, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private James Arthur Simpson 766451, London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private James Arthur Simpson 766451. Unit: B Company, 1st/28th Battalion, London Regiment (ArtistsRifles). Death: 30 December 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 30 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private James Edward Macfarland 225101, Canadian Forestry Corps
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Leonard Leaver Hyde 534506, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Lionel Montague Hindle 534381, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Percy Robert Lee 532217, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Reginald Herbert Marshall 536993, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Guy Eric Galpin 536940, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Sydney Reynolds 20116, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Buckley 536983, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Victor William Bates 533135, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Albert Wootton 536987, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Arthur Robert Spicer 534493, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Taylor 536985, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harold Walter Barnett , South Lancashire Regiment
Died 30 December 1917
Lives of the First World War