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 Lionel Robert McDougall MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 08 August 1917 Killed at Holnon St Quentin Western Front
Died 8 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Chaplain 4th Class Frank Robert Harbord. Unit: Army Chaplains' Department, attached to the Royal Field Artillery within the 25th Division Chaplain's Depot. Death: 8 August 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Chaplain Fourth Class (Captain) The Reverend Frank Robert Harbord , Royal Army Chaplains Department attd 25th Division
Died 8 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner William H Davies 43338, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 8 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
HMS Dunraven, VC, In Action against the Submarine that Sank Her, 8th August 1917
8 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Gerald Arthur Hervey , Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 8 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Gerald Arthur Hervey. Unit: 1st/1st Wessex Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 8 August 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Wilcox 28509, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Samuel Sillett 37101, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 8 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William H Hunt 202603, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 8 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Ronald William Aspden , Royal Fusiliers
Died 8 August 1917
Lives of the First World War