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!
Bombardier Charles Martin 56849, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier George William Richards 39669, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Kinder Bradbury VC 10538, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Edward Kinder Bradbury VC. Unit: 'L' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 01 September 1914. Son of Judge James Kinder Bradbury and Grace Bradbury, of Altrincham, Cheshire.
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Iain MacDougall. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 01 September 1914 Villers Cotterets Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Harold Oliver. Unit: 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Death: 01 September 1914 Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Driver Albert Edward Burtenshaw 53525, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Alexandersson, Erik Här".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Berntsson, Johan Åh, Ödsmål".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Berntsson, Johan Åh, Ödsmål".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Espelund, Sjukvårdare, Kustartilleriet".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Hermansson, Bernh. Vedkullen Här".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Hermansson, Bernh. Vedkullen Här".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Johansson, Johannes, Ljungskile".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Johansson, Johannes, Ljungskile".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Jonasson, Fru Lydia, Svanvik, Höviksnäs".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Nilsson, Herman, Årsnäs, Jäger".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Pilo, Fr. Hortencie, Upphärad".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Pilo, Fr. Hortencie, Upphärad".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt fotografens journal nr 2 19091915: "Thorsson, Anna Houg, Ödsmål".
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Enligt text som medföljde bilden: "Tvätt hus H.H. L.l. Sept. 1914." ::
1 September 1914
Bohusläns museum
Gunner Horace Edwin Bryant 67928, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Thomas William Rae 29809, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William Edward Copplestone 55306, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William James Richardson 61503, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Claude Norman Champion de Crespigny , 2nd Dragoon Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Claude Norman Champion De Crespigny. Unit: 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action at Compiegne Western Front.
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel George Henry Morris. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 01 September 1914 Villers-Cotterets Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel George Kirkpatrick Ansell , Dragoon Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel George Kirkpatrick Ansell Passed Staff College. Unit: Commanding Officer, 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's). Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. George Henry Morris , Irish Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Davies Campbell , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Davies Campbell. Unit: L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 1 September 1914 Killed in action Nery near Compiegne Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Neville Manners. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards.. Death: 01 September 1914 Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lionel Frank Hastings Mundy MID. Unit: L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 01 September 1914 Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Charles Arthur Tisdall. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Hubert Francis Crichton. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major John Stephen Cawley MID. Unit: 20th Hussars, attached to 1st Cavalry Brigade. Death: 01 September 1914 Killed in action Age 34 Nery, Western Front
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Percy Hastings. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Death: 1 September 1914, died from wounds, Western Front.
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private John James Sullivan 6568, Coldstream Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Harry Withall 6339, Dragoon Guards (The Bays)
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William Ewart Gladstone Eaton 14886, Grenadier Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Edward Cecil. Unit: 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 1 September 1914, killed in action, age 18, Western Front.
Died 1 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Edward Gascoyne-Cecil , Grenadier Guards
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Daniel Percy Phillips 19380, Royal Horse Artillery
Died 1 September 1914
Lives of the First World War