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 Edward Wilson. Unit: Adjutant, 1st Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 17 September 1914 at The Battle of the Aisne Western Front
Died 17 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Ardkeen Savage. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17 September 1914 Died at Battle of the Aisne Western Front
Died 17 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert Burton Parker. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17 September 1914 Western Front
Died 17 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Thomas Rupert Bowlby. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 17 September 1914 Chivres Hill Western Front
Died 17 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel Dawson Warren. Unit: Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 17 September 1914 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 17 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Cosmo George Gordon. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17 September 1914, Western Front.
Died 17 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Trooper William Bradley Ingram 725. Unit: 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 September 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 17 September 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Charles William Herbison. Unit: 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 17 September 1916, wounded on 15 September, died of wounds, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Benbow Faber MC. Unit: 1st/3rd London Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 September 1916, Western Front.
Died 17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private George Briggs 446326. Unit: 2nd Company, 58th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 17 September 1916, missing, Western Front. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Died 17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rflmn Thompson was reported wounded and missing, aged 21, on 17 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. His body was retrieved and he is now buried at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval.
Died 17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman George Barker C/12621. Unit: "B" Company, 21st (Yeoman's) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 17 September 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Herbert William Burrows C/12372. Unit: 21st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 17 September 1916.
Died 17 September 1916
Imperial War Museum
An Artillery Observer : a young officer observing the effect of the shells of his battery. The results of fire are telephoned back to the guns, some miles behind.
17 September 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Rupert Farquhar MC. Unit: 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 17 September 1917, killed in action, Flanders, Western Front.
Died 17 September 1917
Imperial War Museum