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 Guy Dickins. Unit: 13th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 17 July 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George William Binns 22114. Unit: 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 17 July 1916, La Bassee, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 17 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Peter Eadington Moir 20048. Unit: 4th Platoon, "A" Company, 6th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 17 July 1916, Delville Wood, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Sidney H Smith 2720/265551. Unit: 1st/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 17 July 1916 Missing
Died 17 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Commander Fitzroy Henry Hall. Unit: HMS Newmarket, Royal Navy. Death: 17 July 1917, killed in action at sea. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Died 17 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Harold David Colly 3174. Unit: Machine Gun Section, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, attached to 9th Division Observers. Death: 17 July 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 17 July 1917
Imperial War Museum