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!
Private David Rees Ware 17490, South Wales Borderers
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Jim Walden Fortune McNaught Davis , 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Mary Thompson Kerr , Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 17 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Victor William James French 1980, London Regiment
Died 17 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Douglas Tulloch Forbes , London Regiment
Died 17 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Able Seaman Thomas William Parry 6800A, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 17 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Alfred Mitchell 12/454, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 17 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman William Holland 34682, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Died 17 January 1919
Lives of the First World War
Saddler Staff Serjeant Thomas Cooper T4/248073, Army Service Corps
Died 17 January 1919
Lives of the First World War
Driver William Joseph Briant 110388, Royal Field Artillery
Died 17 January 1920
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Skyrme 64578, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 17 January 1920
Lives of the First World War
Brigadier General Richard Beale Colvin , 2nd London Mounted Brigade
Died 17 January 1936
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Matthew Davidson, MM and Bar 137537, Royal Engineers
Died 17 January 1944
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Eric Bertram Crockford 245, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 January 1958
Lives of the First World War