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!
William Ernest Cann 498 S, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division
Died 20 June 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Kenneth Garrett Keeble 1243. Unit: Honourable Artillery Company, attached to Army Service Corps. Commissioned on 20 June 1915. Death: Not known.
Died 20 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant William Kirk Barclay , Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Died 20 June 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant William Kirk Barclay. Unit: 1st/7th (Fife) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 20 June 1915, died of wounds, Boulogne, Western Front.
Died 20 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Norris 10839, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 20 June 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Cox 8112, 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 20 June 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Eric Fairbairn , Durham Light Infantry
Died 20 June 1915
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Eric Fairbairn. Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Death: 20 June 1915 Western Front
Died 20 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Richard Brendan Buchanan. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 20 June 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 20 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Wakefield Waldo Meade. Unit: 6th (Reserve) Battalion, attached 3rd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment.. Death: 20 June 1915 Western Front
Died 20 June 1915
Imperial War Museum
Sub Lieutenant Alan Chadwick Iliff Z/245, Royal Naval Division
Died 20 June 1915
Lives of the First World War