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!
Lieutenant Francis Alexander Bewsher , Royal Field Artillery
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Francis Alexander Bewsher. Unit: C Battery, 255th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 18 April 1918 Western Front
Died 18 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Major Hugh Alexander Leslie Rose, D.S.O. , Royal Artillery/staff
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Arthur George Longley 9962, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward John Nightingale 517055, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Edward John Nightingale 517055. Unit: 101st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 18 April 1918 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 18 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Edward Massey Merchant 27388, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Francis Isaac Burnett 57944, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frank Jones , Soldier Number: 46397, Rank: Private, Corps: South Wales Borderers
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Sutton 534256, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George William Adcock 44366, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Williamson S/16006, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John William Sayer VC G/14498, The Queen's Regiment
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Ethelbert R Huddart 32882, Durham Light Infantry
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Reuben Vaughan 26062, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Stephen Jones 3/11352, South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve)
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Terence Edward Dean 17390(Incomplete), Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Joseph Winn 10627, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Frederick Saunders , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Godfrey Burnside Hudson , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Jacques Valleton de Boissiere , British West Indies Regiment
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant Fred Rooke 242659, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 18 April 1918
Lives of the First World War