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 Lionel Francis Abingdon Cochran. Unit: 72nd Punjabis, attached to 92nd Punjabis, Indian Army. Death: 04 February 1915 Killed in action at the Suez Canal Egypt
Died 4 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Richard Apjohn Fitz Gibbon. Unit: 128th Pioneers, Indian Army. Death: 4 February 1915, Suez Canal, North Africa.
Died 4 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Basil Hugh Francis. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), attached to the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 4 February 1915, La Bassee, Western Front.
Died 4 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private William Frederick Whitehead 17496. Unit: A Company, 19th Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 04 February 1916 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 4 February 1916
Imperial War Museum
Able Seaman James Edward Bond Z/1283. Unit: C Company, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Death: 04 February 1917 Western Front
Died 4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private F. W. Giles 5390. Unit: "B" Company, 6th Battalion, 1st Australian Division, Australian Expeditionary Force. Death: 4 February 1917, Somme, Western Front.
Died 4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry Baird 144246. Unit: A Company, 73rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 04 February 1917
Died 4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Thomas William Kelly 3075. Unit: 13th Battalion, 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 February 1917 Western Front.
Died 4 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 February 1918
Imperial War Museum