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!
Boy 1st Class Frank Albert Sharpe J71413, H.M.S. "Victory I"
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Hugh McColl Johnston , Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Chief Petty Officer Philip William Baker 183187, HMS Bittern
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
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
Corporal Herbert William Bower 8909, 2nd West Riding Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William Abraham Hastings 61337, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Fasham Henry Bensley 1257, 320088, London Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance-Corporal Arthur Sydney Lennox Hay 265490, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Le cheikh Yusuf, des forces arabes du royaume du Hedjaz, Aqaba, Arabie (actuelle Jordanie), A 15 569
4 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le kaïmakam, gouverneur d\'Aqaba, Aqaba, Arabie (actuelle Jordanie), A 15 570
4 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
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
Lieutenant The Honorable Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock , Grenadier Guards
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Midshipman William Cecil Hoadley , Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bittern
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Henry CHAPLIN 534516, 1/15 London Regiment (The Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Joseph Webb 34503, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Jack Hawley Janes 35579, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private James Leonard Tate 534930, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Bloomendaal 25, British West Indies Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman John Hadley 322691, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Walter Butcher 321859, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Walter William Atkinson 322607, London Regiment
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
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 , 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
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
Second Lieutenant Sidney George Clark , 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 4 April 1918
Lives of the First World War