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 (Temporary) Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot MVO. Unit: Royal Horse Guards; Reserve of Officers. Death: 08 January 1915 Died of pneumonia while on active service
Died 8 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain E F B Wyatt MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 08 January 1916 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 8 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Peter Olaf Anderson 1116. Unit: Headquarters Details, 37th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 January 1917 Western Front
Died 8 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
J Crawford. Unit: 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 1917 Killed in action
Died 8 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lt Vickers enlisted as a private in 8 Battalion in 1914 and was subsequently commissioned in the field. He served on the Western Front and was Mentioned in Despatches. Lt Vickers was wounded in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and died at R
Died 8 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private George Scott Jamieson Patterson 4493. Unit: 11th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Death: 08 January 1917 Western Front
Died 8 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Amelia Beatrice Wright, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 08 January 1919.
Died 8 January 1919
Imperial War Museum
The Final of the Brigade Association Football Cup : 8th January 1944
8 January 1944
Imperial War Museum