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 Christopher Anthony Rowlandson Hodgson. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 18 December 1914, killed in action near Fleurbaix, Western Front. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Reginald Benjamin Featherstone. Unit: "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Death: 18 December 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Western Front.
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Bernard Henry Gilbert Shaw. Unit: 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wale’s Own).. Death: 18 December 1914 Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle. Western Front
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Randolph Innes Hopkins. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 18 December 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Duncan Gavin Ramsay MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 18 December 1914 Western Front
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Edward Charles Hardinge DSO. Unit: 15th (the King's) Hussars. Death: 18 December 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Richard Francis Robert Nugent. Unit: Reserve of Officers, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 18 December 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Hubert Charlton Rome. Unit: 20th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Infantry (Brownlow’s Punjabis), attached to 129th Duke of Connaughts Own Baluchis, Indian Army. Death: 18 December 1914 near Givenchy Western Front
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Brabazon Campbell. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 18 December 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant George Bertram F Monk. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 18 December 1914 Western Front
Died 18 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Thomas Francis Lynch 130. Unit: 32nd Battalion, Machine Gun Section, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 December 1916 Western Front
Died 18 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sister Alice Violet Hallam, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty 18 December 1916.
Died 18 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Nebi Samwil. A British Battery In Action : the ancient Mizpah, stormed by the 234th Brigade. A field battery is engaging the Turkish batteries, which are shelling Mizpah.
18 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Bekanntmachung - Fernsprechverkehr und Telegraphenverkehr [Proclamation - Telephone and Telegraphic Communications]
18 December 1918
Imperial War Museum