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!
Company Serjeant Major George Thomas Verrall S/923, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Lindsay John Robert Macpherson 1910. Unit: 113th Howitzer Battery, 13th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery. Death: 16 April 1917 Western Front
Died 16 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Henry Ellis. Unit: 17th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 April 1917 Western Front.
Died 16 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant James Sutcliffe Shackleton , Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Mary Nicholls, Women's Land Army. Accidentally killed on duty 16 April 1917.
Died 16 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Mary Nicholls, Women's Land Army. Accidentally killed on duty 16 April 1917.
Died 16 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Beer L/10976, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Bernard Keogh 5126. Unit: D Company, 11th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 April 1917 missing, Western Front.
Died 16 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Frank Potter 1643, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Francis Penwell G/27841, Middlesex Regiment
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Percival Irwin G/16645. Unit: 20th Battalion, Royal Fusilliers. Death: 16 April 1917 Western Front. Son of James and Emily Irwin, of 78, Harleyford Rd., Kennington, London.
Died 16 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Henry John Weston , Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Joseph White 21340, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Horace Clarke 242159, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private James Albert McNay 6328. Unit: 20th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 April 1917 Western Front
Died 16 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John James Clark M2/156141, Army Service Corps
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Stanley Hargreaves 235280, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Thomas Kelly 1232. Unit: 17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 April 1917 Loincecourt, Western Front.
Died 16 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Douglas Inskipp , Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Richard Creswell Vaughan , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Harold Noel Darling Guthrie GS/2363, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Sidney George Charles Baker 9711, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Walter Harold Servante 390521, London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Died 16 April 1917
Lives of the First World War