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 Hilliard Williams Temple , Suffolk Regiment/Reserve of Officers
Died 14 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Arthur Hilliard Williams Temple MID. Unit: Reserve of Officers, attached 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 14 December 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 14 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Cecil Boddam-Whetham , Royal Highlanders attached Gordon Highlanders
Died 14 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Cecil Boddam-Whetham. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), attached to 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 14 December 1914 Killed in Action last seen jumping into an enemy trench leading a handful of men. Western Front
Died 14 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles Sidney Garnett-Botfield , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 14 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Henry Lyndhurst Bruce. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Death: 14 December 1914 Ypres Western Front
Died 14 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain The Hon. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce , Royal Scots
Died 14 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant James Julian Gordon MacWilliam , Gordon Highlanders
Died 14 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Ronald Andrew Colquhoun Aitchison , 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 14 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Ronald Andrew Colquhoun Aitchison. Unit: 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 14 December 1914 Western Front
Died 14 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Urpeth Rastrick. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.. Death: 14 December 1914 La Bassee Western Front
Died 14 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Arthur Young. Unit: 1st King Georges Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), Brigade-Major Gurhwal Brigade. Death: 14 December 1914 Killed aged 38 Western Front
Died 14 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Archibald McKinnon. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 14 December 1914 Western Front
Died 14 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Gerrard Deane 2491, Devonshire Regiment
Died 14 December 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private James Thomas Molyneux 2380, Manchester Regiment
Died 14 December 1914
Lives of the First World War