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!
Captain Alexander Clairmonte Anderson. Unit: 6th Jat Light Infantry, Indian Army. Death: 22 November 1914 Festubert near Beune, France Western Front
Died 22 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Arthur Gerald Ritchie MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 22 November 1914 wounded by sniper died in hospital at Boulogne Western Front
Died 22 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Henry Bingham Whistler Smith-Rewse. Unit: 51st Battery, 36th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 22 November 1914 Died of wounds after being hit by heavy shell fire 22 November 1914 near Ypres. Western Front
Died 22 November 1914
Imperial War Museum
Major Arthur Thomas Searle Dickinson MID. Unit: 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force), Indian Army, attached as Brigade Major to 30th Indian Infantry Brigade, Indian Army. Death: 22 November 1915 Killed in action at Ctesiphon MesopotaMissing in action.
Died 22 November 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
22 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
22 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
22 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Cyril James Horsey. Unit: 7th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 22 November 1916, Rouen, Western Front.
Died 22 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Arthur Patrick Bourchier 4749. Unit: Machine Gun Section, 58th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 November 1916 Western Front
Died 22 November 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain Ormonde Charles Whiteman MID. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 22 November 1917 Killed in Action in Flanders. Western Front
Died 22 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant John Watson McCash. Unit: 6th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), attached to 35th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 22 November 1917 Western Front
Died 22 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Roberts 228845 or possibly 4273/39438. Unit: 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment and C Company, South Wales Borderers. Death: 22 November 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 22 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant James Percy Wetenhall. Unit: 17th Company, F Battalion, Tank Corps. Death: 22 November 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 22 November 1917
Imperial War Museum
ENTRY OF THE ALLIED ARMIES INTO BRUSSELS. SCENE IN THE CHAUSSE DE GAND
22 November 1918
Imperial War Museum
Gunner George Freer Stanley, Royal Horse Artillery and later Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 22 November 1918, whiulst serving with the RGA
Died 22 November 1918
Imperial War Museum