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 Charles Leslie Foulds MC. Unit: 1st/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 16 April 1918, missing in action, Western Front.
Died 16 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Driver Sidney Woodbury 285. Unit: 4th Section, 5th Australian Machine Gun Company, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 April 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 16 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Façade de maison après la pluie, Djeddah, Arabie, A 15 634
16 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Gunner John Alexander Dwan 35528, Australian Field Artillery
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Jeune femme soudanaise et son enfant, Djeddah, Arabie, A 15 636
16 avril 1918
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Lance Corporal Frank Sharp 241859. Unit: 2nd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 16 April 1918 Missing
Died 16 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Michael Ribeiro 1617, Australian Infantry
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Richard Thomas Tart, M.M. S/14680, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Arthur Percival Fitzmaurice Meyer , Australian Imperial Force
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant George Beaver Croucher , Royal Naval Reserve
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Pier Willem van Oppen , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lt Van Oppen enlisted in August 1914 and received his commission in September 1915, rising to the rank of lieutenant in July 1917. He was posted to the Western Front on 6 April 1918, was wounded on 12 April and died in hospital, aged 31, on 16 April 191
Died 16 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Major Sir John Christopher Willoughby , Army Service Corps
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Miss Annie Adamson, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of sickness contracted in the service of the French Red Cross 16 April 1918.
Died 16 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Ordinary Seaman William Wesson J40028, H.M.S. "Victory I"
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Gilmour Forrester 220324, Cameron Highlanders
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Albert John Summersby 40416, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Alexander Grant 242147, Highland Light Infantry
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Alexander Grant 242147. Unit: "C" Company, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 16 April 1918, Western Front. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
Died 16 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Ernest Rowlands 26739, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Edward Randle 20201, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Herbert Leslie Brace 201415, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Pearson 201203, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
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Private Thomas Herbert Henry Ware 535060, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 April 1918
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Private Thomas Stephen Handley 51925, Cheshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
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Private Wilfred Bellamy 59592, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 16 April 1918
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Second Lieutenant Frederick Cumber Baxter , West Yorkshire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frederick Cumber Baxter. Unit: C Company, 1st/7th Battalion (Leeds Rifles), West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 16 April 1918.
Died 16 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Cox , Attached Machine Gun Corps
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harry John Nicklin , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Walter Stanley Bell , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Ernest George Weetman 2450. Unit: B Company, 43rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 April 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 16 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Serjeant William Alfred Ellinor 47437, Royal Field Artillery
Died 16 April 1918
Lives of the First World War