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!
Private George William Cambridge 6235, Coldstream Guards
Died 7 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private James Frederick White L/6720, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 7 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Ernest Robert Bryant 6461, Coldstream Guards
Died 7 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Driver Ernest Charles Beale 119097, Royal Field Artillery
Died 7 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Augustus McLenan 2589, British West Indies Regiment
Died 7 February 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur C Stratford 27994, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 7 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Charles Higham Parritt 34709, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 7 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Dennis Clarke 22211, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 7 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Edward Eustice Erlebach , Royal Flying Corps
Died 7 February 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Squires 6746, British West Indies Regiment
Died 7 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Trooper Owen George 2933, Australian Light Horse Regiment
Died 7 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Worker Violet Nora Harding 15089, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
Died 7 February 1919
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles George Ellis 141190, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Died 7 February 1920
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Cooper 18459, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 7 February 1920
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Nellie Gerard , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 7 February 1950
Lives of the First World War
Temporary Lieutenant Charles George 'Gus' Bonner, VC, DSC 198, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 7 February 1951
Lives of the First World War
Guardsman Edward Searle Smith 2609000, Grenadier Guards
Died 7 February 1959
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Thomas Leonard Rymer 286250, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 7 February 1959
Lives of the First World War
Acting Lieutenant Colonel David Douglas Ogilvie , attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 7 February 1964
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Albert Chalmers Borella VC 275, 26th Australian Infantry Battalion
Died 7 February 1968
Lives of the First World War
Able Seaman Dalmorton Joseph Owendale Rudd 3389, HMAS Australia
Died 7 February 1969
Lives of the First World War