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 Douglas Eckley Langdon. Unit: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Death: 22 April 1917 Western Front
Died 22 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Corporal Harvy Leslie Hope 61. Unit: 54th Siege Battery, 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 April 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 22 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Matthew Furley 112978, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Maurice Hubert Lane 926360, Royal Field Artillery
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Thomas Herbert Hewes 33978. Unit: "D" Company, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 22 April 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
Died 22 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Walter Kimberley 5465, Coldstream Guards
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Bertram Thomas Chesterton Gilbert , 1/4th Bn Leicestershire Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Brierly Norbury 26408. Unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 22 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 22 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Arthur Spencer 28618, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Henry France 2967, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Hilton 18637, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Scovell 330178, Hampshire Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Harry Geoffrey Reed 23463, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Hugh de Renzy Robinson 241789, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Hurtle Norman Hallett 5348. Unit: 26th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 22 April 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 22 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Walter Edward Barrett 14/689, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private William Hargreaves 23204, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Rifleman Stanley Howard Crowle 373747, 8th London Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Sapper Charles King Brothers 7281, Field Company Engineers
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant A B Morgan. Unit: 29th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 22 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 22 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Edwin Whitcher , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant George Spencer Hebden , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 22 April 1917
Lives of the First World War