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 Lewis De Burgh Atkinson , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Corporal George Winston 5379, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Eric Albert Peppiette. Unit: 10th Battalion (attached 13th), King’s Liverpool Regiment. Death: 16 August 1916 Western Front
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Victor Gillard Dridan. Unit: B Company, 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred Lionel Cooper 3047. Unit: 47th Battalion, 12th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Bailey 357297, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Bailey 6178/357297. Unit: "E" Company, 1st/10th Battalion, the King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 16 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Clifford Shortus Sharp 4193, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Cyril Cholmeley Humphreys 357451, Liverpool Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Joseph Murphy 12564, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick George Hutchison 3000, Royal Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Lewis 235387, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Ellis 11228, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Gilbert Keen 4116, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private James Booth 26797. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 16 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private James Gardner 241677, Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private John Thomas Russell 1555, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Leo Joseph Baxendale S/8023, Army Ordnance Corps
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Peter A. Andrievsky 457929, Canadian Infantry
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Reginald Daniel Jones 24479, South Wales Borderers
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private Roy Charles Goman 5097. Unit: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Thomas Henry Warner 17470, East Surrey Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War
Pte Neal of 13 Platoon, D Company, was reported missing during the Battle of the Somme on 16 August 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum