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!
2nd Lieutenant John William Mann , East Kent Regiment
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Bertie Christopher Butler Tower MC and bar, MID and two bars. Unit: Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 22 August 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 22 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Captain Hon Oswald Cawley , King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Terence Algernon Kilbee Cubitt, M.C. , Norfolk Regiment
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Henry George Staplehurst 210745, Royal Field Artillery
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant John Algernon Wynyard Peyton. Unit: Special Reserve, attached to 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 22 August 1918 Western Front
Died 22 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred Bannister 10243, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Percy Ashley 133498, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Rogers G/63806, Middlesex Regiment
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Massey Jarvis 230465, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Charles Foster G/68844, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Richard Joseph Howkins 40283, Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William James Mansell 50207, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sapper Richard Attwood Gouarne 72389. Unit: Signal Signal Service Training Centre (Bedford), Royal Engineers. Death: 22 August 1918, died of wounds, Leeds.
Died 22 August 1918
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Howard Linsdell Kilmister , Royal Fusiliers
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harold Leslie Lakeman , Army Service Corps
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Harry W Maw , Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 22 August 1918
Lives of the First World War