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 Basil John Orlebar. Unit: 3rd battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 15 January 1915 Western Front
Died 15 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant William Eric Vyvian Douglas-Jones. Unit: 33rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 15 January 1915 Killed in action Western Front.
Died 15 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Percy Richard Oliver Trench. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, attached Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 15 January 1917 Mespotamia Missing in action
Died 15 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Florence Compton, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Accidentally drowned in Mesopotamia 15 January 1918.
Died 15 January 1918
Imperial War Museum
Florence Compton, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Accidentally drowned in Mesopotamia 15 January 1918.
Died 15 January 1918
Imperial War Museum
Miss Fanny Tindall, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned in motor launch accident 8 days after arriving in Mesopotamia. 15 January 1918.
Died 15 January 1918
Imperial War Museum
Miss Fanny Tindall, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned in motor launch accident 8 days after arriving in Mesopotamia. 15 January 1918.
Died 15 January 1918
Imperial War Museum
Sister Alice Welford, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Drowned in a collision on the river near Basra 15 January 1918.
Died 15 January 1918
Imperial War Museum