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!
'Springbok' Reis Naar Het Vasteland ['Springbok' Travel to the Continent]
8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Maurice Gray , attached Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Frederick Hill, D.C.M. , 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Norman Howard A. Wetmore MID. Unit: 25th Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 08 August 1918 killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain William MacIlwraith Cameron. Unit: 26th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1918 Western Front. Son of Thomas and Margaret Cameron, of Glencoe St., Rockhampton, Queensland.
Died 8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Company Serjeant Major David Field 267126, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal George Henry King T/203738, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal John Edward Jennings 5123, 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Dôme du prophète Youssef au sud de l\'Esplanade sacrée (Haram el Sherif), Jérusalem, Palestine, A 15 805
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Foyer du soldat au 67 rue de Montparnasse, Paris (XIVe arr.), France, A 14 675 S
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Foyer du soldat au 67 rue de Montparnasse, Paris (XIVe arr.), France, A 14 676 S
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Hôpital auxiliaire au 233 rue de Vaugirard ? Union des Femmes de France, les Sœurs de la Croix, Paris (XVe arr.), France, A 14 677 S
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Hôpital auxiliaire au 233 rue de Vaugirard ? Union des Femmes de France, les Sœurs de la Croix, Paris (XVe arr.), France, A 14 678 S
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La colonne Vendôme protégée contre les bombardements, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 682 S
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La colonne Vendôme protégée contre les bombardements, Paris (Ier arr.), France, A 14 683 S
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
La rue Boutebrie, Paris (Ve arr.), France, A 14 681
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Harold Ellis Denton 3/11051, Duke of Wellington's,West Riding Regiment
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Henry (Harry) Garnet Bedford Miner VC ,
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bushell VC , 7th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Reginald Basil Hingston. Unit: 24th Battalion, 1st Quebec Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 08 August 1918, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Archibald Charles Edwards 534958, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Bertie Fredrick John Chapman 48921, Rifle Brigade
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward Ernest Montague Hall 615853, London Regiment
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward William Wylie 2010. Unit: 59th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 8 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Frank Young 29442, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private James R S Johnson 40821, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Bernard Croak VC 445312, Canadian Infantry
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Reserve-Spital: Jägerndorf. Gemüsegärten.
8 August 1918
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library
Second Lieutenant Ifor Garfield Davies , Wiltshire Regiment
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Peter Forrester Arnold , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Rex Jackson 242838, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sirène sur le toit de la mairie du XVIe arrondissement, 71 avenue Henri-Martin, Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 14 679 S
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Sirène sur le toit de la mairie du XVIe arrondissement, 71 avenue Henri-Martin, Paris (XVIe arr.), France, A 14 680 S
8 août 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine