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!
Corporal V W Todman 19529. Unit: 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 16 July 1916 Western Front
Died 16 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Thomas Eyre Barton. Unit: 14th Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 July 1916, Ovillers, Somme, Western Front.
Died 16 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Joseph Henry Killey 20663. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 16 July 1916, Western Front.
Died 16 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Bombardier Reginald J. Fitzjohn L/28849. Unit: 55th Battery, 33rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 16 July 1917, Western Front.
Died 16 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Captain Percy Haughton Ellis. Unit: Gloucestershire Regiment, attached to 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: Not known. He served with the Middlesex Regiment from 16 July 1917 to February 1919.
Died 16 July 1917
Imperial War Museum