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 Anthony Morris Coats Hewat. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Death: 8 September 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles Antoine de Guerry Dalglish , Royal Highlanders
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Charles Antoine de Guerry Dalglish. Unit: 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 08 September 1914 Died of wounds received at Sablonnieres Western Front
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Kenneth Tulloch Whish , East Surrey Regiment
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain John Kenneth Tulloch Whish. Unit: 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 08 September 1914 Killed in Action during the Battle of the Marne. Western Front
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Norwood VC. Unit: (Reserve of Officers), 2nd Battalion, County of London Yeomanry, Attached to 5th Battalion, Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s). Death: 08 September 1914 Killed in action during the Battle of the Marne. Western
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Charles Partridge. Unit: 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards. Death: 08 September 1914 Western Front
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Charles Partridge. Unit: 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards. Death: 08 September 1914 Western Front
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Edward Drake , Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Thomas Scatchard , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Thomas Scatchard. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 08 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Ewen Holmes Humphrey James Wilson , Royal Highlanders
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Ewen Holmes Humphrey James Wilson. Unit: 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 08 September 1914 At Sablonnieres 1 Battle of the Marne Western Front
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Bloomfield Gough , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Bloomfield Gough. Unit: "D" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 8 September 1914, Western Front.
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lionel Streatfeild Woodgate , Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Lionel Streatfeild Woodgate MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 08 September 1914 Killed in Action while leading his Company at La Ferte Western Front
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Reginald Fitzroy Lewis Johnstone , Cameron Highlanders
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Ronald Elphinstone Parker. Unit: D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 08 September 1914 Western Front
Died 8 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private George Richards 2245, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Miles Brunskill Taylor 7155, Coldstream Guards
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas James Highgate L/10061, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 8 September 1914
Lives of the First World War