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 Douglas Keith Lucas Lucas-Tooth DSO. Unit: 9th (The Queen’s Royal) Lancers. Death: 13 September 1914 On Aisne Western Front
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frank Fisher , 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Frank Fisher. Unit: 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 13 September 1914, Aisne, Western Front.
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frank Forrest. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 13 September 1914, Aisne, Western Front.
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Gerald Hugh Fitzgerald , 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Gerald Hugh Fitzgerald. Unit: 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards. Death: 13 September 1914, Aisne, Western Front.
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Gerald Hugh FitzGerald. Unit: 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Death: 13 September 1914, killed in action at Bourg-et-Comin on the River Aisne, Western Front.
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Harry Stanley Toppin , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Francis Charles Shillibeer L/6518, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Archibald John Denroche-Smith , Hussars
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Archibald John Denroche-Smith. Unit: 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars. Death: 13 September 1914 Killed in action near Vandresse, leading his troop during the Battle of the Aisne Western Front.
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Archibald John Denroche-Smith. Unit: 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars. Death: 13 September 1914 Killed in action near Vandresse, leading his troop during the Battle of the Aisne Western Front.
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cecil Edgar Stuart. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 13 September 1914 Killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne Western Front
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Horatio John Vicat , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Horatio John Vicat. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 13 September 1914 At Aisne Western Front
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private James Alfred Rainbell 7541, Essex Regiment
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Hopkins 9886, South Wales Borderers
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Cecil Edgar Stuart , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 13 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Inglis Francis Rawley Miller MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 13 September 1914 POW Cambrai Western Front
Died 13 September 1914
Imperial War Museum