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 Arthur Milford Ker. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 14 October 1914 Western Front.
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Cecil Glendower Percival Gilliat , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Cecil Glendower Percival Gilliat. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 14 October 1914, Western Front.
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Francis Charles Norman 7699. Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Death: 14 October 1914 Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Louis George Barton Beacler 2276, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
General Hubert Ian Wetherall Hamilton , 3rd Division
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Arthur Noel Whitfeld , Royal Irish Rifles Royal Irish Regiment
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Arthur Noel Whitfeld. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 14 October 1914 Killed in Action at Croix Barbee near Bethune Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Claude Davis Sneath. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 14 October 1914 Killed in action at Croix Barbee, France, on 14 October 1914. Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Jasper Carew , West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Stirling Ainsworth , 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Stirling Ainsworth. Unit: 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars. Death: 14 October 1914 Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major William Lewis Campbell Allan. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 14 October 1914 Cuinchy Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major-General Hubert Ion Wetherall Hamilton CVO CB DSO. Unit: Commanding British 3rd Division. Death: 14 October 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Henry Thomas Underhill 3/7900, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private James Williams 2223, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Ivor Alexander MacRae , King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Ivor Alexander MacRae. Unit: D Company, 3rd Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers.. Death: 14 October 1914 Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant James Reginald Shippey , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant James Reginald Shippey. Unit: 4th Battalion. attached to 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, prior Royal West Kent Regiment. Death: 14 October 1914 Died of wounds received at Givenchy Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant James Reginald Shippey. Unit: 4th Battalion. attached to 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, prior Royal West Kent Regiment. Death: 14 October 1914 Died of wounds received at Givenchy Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Maurice Arthur Pritchard Shawyer , Middlesex Regiment
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Maurice Arthur Pritchard Shawyer. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own). Death: 14 October 1914 Killed in action at Croix Barbee Western Front
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William George Hewitt , Royal Scots
Died 14 October 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William George Hewitt. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Death: 14 October 1914, killed in action at Ypres, Western Front.
Died 14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
14 October 1914
Imperial War Museum