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 James John Hutt 45043, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Harry Stanyer Powell MC , The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Lawrence Alexander Lewis Fink, M.C. , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Stanley William Dyson , The Manchester Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Cathédrale, Noyon, France, A 73 094
5 octobre 1917 (?)
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Corporal George Frederick Warwick 30468, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Harry Riddell 682, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Lyle Sanderson Dimsey. Unit: 37th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 05 October 1917 Wounded at Passchendael 4 October 1917 Western Front.
Died 5 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Victor Thompson 5689. Unit: CCompany, 22nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 05 October 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 5 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Victor Taylor 21992, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Benjamin Thomas Robins 28505, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Christopher James Alexander G/24732, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Peel 19255, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Emanuel Miller 30149, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Brooks 11847, British West Indies Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Coates 37648. Unit: 13th Platoon, D Company, 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 05 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 5 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Harold White 32716, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Churchill 40828, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Thomas Myers 403, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John Laurence Sutton 28646, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private John William Stamp 911350, Canadian Infantry Saskatchewan Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Norman Leslie Howe 5107. Unit: 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 5 October 1917, wounded on 4 October 1917 at Passchendaele, died at No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station, Western Front.
Died 5 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William Ketteridge 13106, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Morton 30432, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Corporal Arthur Norman Swann 48483. Unit: Signal Section, Royal Engineers, 64th Infantry Brigade, 21st Division. Death: 05 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 5 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Gerald Stanway , South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Gerald Stanway. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, attached to 11th Division Headquarters. Death: 05 October 1917 Died of wounds received on the Belgian front Western Front
Died 5 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Harvey Lade , Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 5 October 1917
Lives of the First World War