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!
Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Andrews. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). Death: 16 March 1915 Western Front
Died 16 March 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain William Meade Fowle. Unit: 3rd Company, Sappers and Miners, Royal Engineers. Death: 16 March 1916, Brighton.
Died 16 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Margaret Gargan, Munitions work. Killed in the course of her duty at a bomb factory 16 March 1916.
Died 16 March 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Harry Alan Cheshire Gearing. Unit: Australian Army Service Corps. Death: 16 March 1917, died on theHome Front.
Died 16 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Robert Thom 736265. Unit: Trenching Company, 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Death: 16 March 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 16 March 1917
Imperial War Museum
Driver F E James M2/051568. Unit: 604th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps, attached to XV Corps Heavy Artillery. Death: 16 March 1918 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 16 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Mary Taylor, Munitions work. Died as the result of an accident on duty 16 March 1918.
Died 16 March 1918
Imperial War Museum
Mary Taylor, Munitions work. Died as the result of an accident on duty 16 March 1918.
Died 16 March 1918
Imperial War Museum