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!
Lieutenant Vincent Walter Kennett Mackinnon MID. Unit: 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force), Indian Army. Death: 21 July 1915 Egypt & Palestine
Died 21 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes CMG. Unit: 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 21 July 1915, Western Front.
Died 21 July 1915
Imperial War Museum
GERMAN <REIHENBILDNER> AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
21 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
GERMAN <REIHENBILDNER> AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
21 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Edward Ernest Stacey 2064/265221. Unit: 1st/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 21 July 1916, wounded and missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.
Died 21 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Fred Chadwick 1004. Unit: 31st Infantry Battalion, 8th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 21 July 1916 Killed in action Age 25 Western Front
Died 21 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private John Edward Simmons 21772. Unit: 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 21 July 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 21 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Norman Arthur Hale 702. Unit: "C" Company, 31st Battalion, 8th Infantry Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 21 July 1916, killed in action at Fleurbaix, France, Western Front.
Died 21 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Cyril Vincent Noel Puckridge. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 21 July 1916 Western Front
Died 21 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Gunner John Victor Bias 1750. Unit: 3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 21 July 1917.
Died 21 July 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Valentine Leslie Douglas Uzielli. Unit: Royal Field Artillery. Death: 21 July 1917 Western Front
Died 21 July 1917
Imperial War Museum