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 William George Harry Coldrey J10922, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Alan Keats Gordon 3324. Unit: 11th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: wounded at Mouquet Farm on 15 August 1916, died at Le Touquet on 2 September 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Hôpital de Moreuil, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 805
15 août 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Hôpital de Moreuil, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 806
15 août 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Messe du 15 août [autel en plein air], Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 807
15 août 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Messe du 15 août, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 808
15 août 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Messe sur le front, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 809
15 août 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Messe sur le front, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 812
15 août 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Miss Florence Klindworth, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died August 1916 15 August 1916.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Miss Florence Klindworth, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died August 1916 15 August 1916.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alexander Chiffith 4465, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Allan Edward Folks 3816. Unit: "A" Company, 24th Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 15 August 1916, Etaples, Western Front.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Douglas Maxwell Dawson 1720, 6th Cheshire Regiment
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private James Charles Bilsborough 2560, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John McCormick 20882, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Michael Glassman 5014/266974. Unit: 1st/1st Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Death: 15 August 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Richard Clarkson Forrest 4124, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Goulbourne Hayward Jennings , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Goulbourne Hayward Jennings. Unit: 20th Battalion, attached to 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 15 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Robert Harold Beckh , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Leonard Raine 31294, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War