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 Basil Rupert Baker 61001, Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain William Eric Nixon , King's Own Scottish Borderers attached Royal Flying Corps
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Colour Serjeant John Russell 7022, Highland Light Infantry
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Walter Henry Jones 677. Unit: 40th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 07 May 1917 Western Front.
Died 7 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Major Charles Alan Smith Morris , 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Nurse Alice Mary Turton , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
PRESIDENT WILSON'S ADDRESS IS DISTRIBUTED BY ALLIED AEROPLANES AND BALLOONS, 1917
7 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
PRESIDENT WILSON'S ADDRESS IS DISTRIBUTED BY ALLIED AEROPLANES AND BALLOONS, 1917
7 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Charlie Milton 30165, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Cyril Percival Cottrill 7/8829, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Harold Parker 17070, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Fletcher Spencer 23633. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Death: 07 May 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 7 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Guy Seward Bucknam 180010. Unit: 47th Battalion (Victoria Fusiliers), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 07 May 1917 Western Front
Died 7 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Henry Arthur Terry 28459, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Leonard Simion Cooper 1241, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Peter Emanuel Bailey 2609, British West Indies Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert William Gratwick 6516. Unit: 10th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 7 May 1917, Bullecourt, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 7 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter Thompson 28446, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Wilson Thomas Richardson 20854, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Donald Francis Ferguson. Unit: Scottish Horse, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 7 May 1917, Western Front.
Died 7 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant Fred Lindley 14/620, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant William John Smith 28048, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 May 1917
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Alice Turton, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 07 May 1917.
Died 7 May 1917
Imperial War Museum