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 Martin Raymond Carr , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Captain Martin Raymond Carr. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 18 September 1914 Killed in action at the Ainse Western Front
Died 18 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Robert James McCloughin , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Corporal William Thomas Clifford 7975, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Drummer Cecil Burnett Edwards 9428, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Group of women behind the counter at the fete, Brisbane, 1915
Taken 18 Sep 1914
State Library of Queensland, Australia
Lance Corporal George Henry Goldsmith 9668, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Archibald Courtenay Hayes Foster , King's African Rifles
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dalton , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dalton MID. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 18 September 1914 Western Front
Died 18 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Odber Augustus Knapton. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 18 September 1914 at Battle of Aisne, Western Front. Son of Capt. A. L. K. Knapton (R. N.), of Rope Hill, Lymington, Hants.
Died 18 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Oliver Dunham Melville Garsia , Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Stuart Kirby Jones , Army Veterinary Corps
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Stuart Kirby Jones. Unit: Army Veterinary Corps, attached to 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 18 September 1914 Died of wounds Western Front.
Died 18 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Stuart Kirby Jones. Unit: Army Veterinary Corps, attached to 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 18 September 1914.
Died 18 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Louis Marius Celest Bruckert. Unit: 5th Company, 43rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Corps, 1st Division, French Army. Death: 18 September 1914 Berry-au-Bac Western Front
Died 18 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Alexander William Kyle 10046, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Alfred Clarke 1029, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Nicholls 8718, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Rogers 8463, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Meredith 8558, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Thomas Mills 8788, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private John Alick Rhodes 9371, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Abrahams 7201, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter William Scott 9390, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William Arthur Price 7924, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Private William Henry Thomas 8037, South Wales Borderers
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Edward Crane , Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Charles Edward Crane. Unit: 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Death: 18 September 1914 Died of wounds at the Battle of the Ainse Western Front
Died 18 September 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Frederick Fleming Smythe , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 18 September 1914
Lives of the First World War