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!
Corporal Jacob Jheaphelious Hylton 15758, British West Indies Regiment
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Corporal Robert Benjamin Clark, MM 472563, Canadian Infantry
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Driver Colin Lethbridge Raymond Elder 26540, Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
E M Kemp, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Killed by enemy aircraft in France 20 October 1917.
Died 20 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
E M Kemp, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Killed by enemy aircraft in France 20 October 1917.
Died 20 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Ernest William Shaw 806304, Royal Field Artillery
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Maître Gontard, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 583
20 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Maître Gontard, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 586
20 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Madame Gontard, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 592
20 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Mademoiselle Gontard, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 595
20 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Monsieur Gontard en civil, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 12 589
20 octobre 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private (Driver) Alan Ecila Longmore Bisset 22919. Unit: 13th Divisional Ammunition Column, 27th Battery, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 October 1917 France Western Front
Died 20 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Reeve Beechey GS-58708, Royal Fusiliers
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Turner 33366, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private James Richard Baker 467. Unit: 38th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 October 1917 No 10 Clearing Station, France Western Front
Died 20 October 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Albert Baker 7511, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Joseph Patrick Chambers 3/2760, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Fairlie S/20865, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman James Hoar C/9548, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Bernard Hugh Penfold , Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant James Harold Smethum 200007, Liverpool Regiment
Died 20 October 1917
Lives of the First World War