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 Lawrence Fort. Unit: "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, the Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Death: 15 February 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Percy Netterville Gerrard , Malay States Volunteer Rifles
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Captain Robert Bruce Melville Wills MID. Unit: 2nd Wessex Field Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force). Death: 15 February 1915 St. Eloi. Western Front
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert John Charles Otter. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 15 February 1915 Western Front
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain William Henry Fitz Roy Landon , Suffolk Regiment
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Reuben John Milton 11714. Unit: 3rd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 15 February 1915 Western Front
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
La porte de Reuilly, vue sur le boulevard Poniatowski, Paris (XIIe arr.), France, A 5 052 S
15 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Cecil George Sandbrook Rawlings 1784, London Regiment (The Rangers)
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Les fortifications porte de Reuilly , vue sur le boulevard Poniatowski, Paris (XIIe arr.), France, A 5 051 S
15 février 1915
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lieutenant Arthur Clunes Hooper Carr. Unit: Royal Engineers. Death: 15 February 1915 Died of wounds near Ypres Western Front
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Audley Delves Thursby , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Audley Delves Thursby. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 15 February 1915 Western Front
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Francis Bateman Smith. Unit: 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 15 February 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Dutton Calvert. Unit: 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 15 February 1915 Killed in action near Ypres Western Front. Son of Mr. E. P. and the Hon. Mrs. Calvert, of Spexhall Manor, Halesworth, Suffolk.
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Ernest Frederick Brown Mears 9303, Grenadier Guards
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Ernest Collins 9618, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Ernest Reading 9645, Cheshire Regiment
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private Paul Holman 1625, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Francis Edwin Partridge 8299, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Howard Samuel Davy , Royal Irish Rifles
Died 15 February 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Howard Samuel Davy. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 15 February 1915 Killed in action at Wytschaete Western Front
Died 15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL G H COOKE IN THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918
15 February 1915
Imperial War Museum