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!
Able Seaman John Moon Z/3438, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Acting Corporal Charles Moon M.M. GS/653, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Charles Meyrick Pritchard , South Wales Borderers
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Captain Robert Glynne Davies. Unit: 4th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 14 August 1916
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain William Ambler Wayman , Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Henry Walters 9659, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant William Ambler Wayman. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Death: 14 August 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Brown Langford 3078/200834. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 14 August 1916 Wounded and missing Western Front
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Edward Henry Tolhurst 5026, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John William Johnson 10672, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private William Joseph Doolan 3738. Unit: A Company, 49th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 14 August 1916 Killed in action at Mouquet Farm Western Front
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Patrick Gilbert Warwick O'Hara , East Surrey Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Sydney Vernon Phillips , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Herbert Leslie Vesey-FitzGerald , Devonshire Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Henry Alexander Charles Mead. Unit: 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 14 August 1916 Western Front
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum