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!
THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
19 August 1914
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Gainer Marshall. Unit: 1st (N.M.) Brigade, 46th Division, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 19 August 1915 Western Front
Died 19 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Percival John Aldous 160. Unit: B Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 19 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL G H COOKE IN THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918
19 August 1915
Imperial War Museum
BRITISH LIGHT CRUISER FALMOUTH SINKING IN THE NORTH SEA AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE.
19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Frank Waker Harris. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to the 57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Percy David Mansfield 4256. Unit: 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916 Western Front
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Allan Edmund Betts 1810. Unit: 4th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916, Western Front.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Claude William Brown 2784. Unit: 6th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry John Williams. Unit: 12th Battalion (late 7th Reinforcements to 26th Battalion), Australian Infantry. Death: 19 August 1916 Reported ‘Missing’. Officially reported killed Jul 1917 Western Front
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Victor Steward Hope 3546A. Unit: 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916, missing in action at Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant William Wallace Campbell. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 19 August 1916 to 22 August 1916, killed in action, Mouquet Farm, Somme, Western Front.
Died 19 August 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Robert Douglas. Service numbers: 4718 and S/43121. Unit: Gordon Highlanders, attached to 15th Platoon, D Company, unknown battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: Not known. Date of discharge: 19 August 1918.
Died 19 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Charles Henry Frederick Thomas R/34186. Unit: Lewis Gunner, 17th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 19 August 1918 Western Front
Died 19 August 1918
Imperial War Museum