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!
Second Lieutenant Bernard George Sheen Bull. Unit: 1st Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 04 April 1915 Western Front
Died 4 April 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Harold Victor Meston 1394. Unit: 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 April 1916 Western Front
Died 4 April 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Humphry Nisbet Swann. Unit: Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster General, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, attached to Staff, XV Corps. Death: 04 April 1917 Accidentally killed Western Front
Died 4 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Albert John Archer. Service number: 1. Unit: No 1 Company, 33rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 04 April 1918 Western Front
Died 4 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Octavius Campbell DSO. Unit: 2nd and/or 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 04 April 1918
Died 4 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 04 April 1918 Western Front
Died 4 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold S. Green DCM GS/7175. Unit: 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Death: 4 April 1918, Somme, Western Front.
Died 4 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold S. Green DCM GS/7175. Unit: 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Death: 4 April 1918, Somme, Western Front.
Died 4 April 1918
Imperial War Museum