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!
Air Mechanic Second Class Christopher Hallam 77450. Unit: Royal Marine Light Infantry, attached to No. 21 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 21 August 1917, missing in action (with Captain Smith MC, Flight Commander), Western Front. Commemorated on the
Died 21 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Chief Petty Officer William John Adams 189087, HMS 'Vala'
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Benjamin Sambells 269327, HMS Vala
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner John Bawden Lovell 109458, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Jardiniers en pleine récolte, au nord-ouest du verger-roseraie vu en direction de la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 877 S
21 août 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Jardiniers en pleine récolte, au nord-ouest du verger-roseraie, vu en direction de la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 878 S
21 août 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Le jardin français vu depuis le parterre nord-ouest planté de haricots ?, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 880
21 août 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Miss Gladys M Jones, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of malaria in Salonika 21 August 1917.
Died 21 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Miss Gladys M Jones, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of malaria in Salonika 21 August 1917.
Died 21 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Munitions Worker Elizabeth Newcombe nee Bartram , Midlands fusing factory
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Nursing Sister Etta Sparks , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Partie du jardin français proche du verger-roseraie, vue en direction de la serre, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 879
21 août 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Private Alexander George Hall Parlby 895407. Unit: 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 21 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 21 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Barclay Evelyn Walton 422550, Canadian Infantry British Columbia Regiment
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry Bath 13219, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Alan Ferrier Gates , Royal Field Artillery 307th Brigade
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frederick Ewen Baldwin Falkiner MC. Unit: 17th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, attached to No. 57 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 21 August 1917, Western Front. Recipient of the Bronze Medal for Military Valour (Italy).
Died 21 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Hardy Falconer Parsons VC , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sister Etta Sparks, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Died of illness contracted on duty in Egypt 21 August 1917.
Died 21 August 1917
Imperial War Museum
Staff Nurse Nellie Spindler , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 21 August 1917
Lives of the First World War
Staff Nurse Nellie Spindler, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Killed when the Germans bombed a French hospital 21 August 1917.
Died 21 August 1917
Imperial War Museum