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 Denzil Onslow Cochrane Newton Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), MVO. Unit: Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Death: 09 January 1915 Western Front
Died 9 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Bombardier Donald McLean 2850. Unit: 11th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, late 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 January 1916
Died 9 January 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred James Williams 4240. Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 January 1917 Wounded on the Somme, 5 Nov 1916 died in Ford House Hospital Devonport
Died 9 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William Grandage Yates MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 09 January 1917 Killed in action in Mesopotamia. Aged 19 Buried in cemetery at Kut Mesopotamia
Died 9 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Peter Kerren (Karin) Foster 2028. Unit: 7th Light Horse, attached to the 1st Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps (Australian). Death: 9 January 1917, Egypt.
Died 9 January 1917
Imperial War Museum