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 Herbert Creagh MacDonnell. Unit: The Royal Irish Regiment, attached to 5th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 23 May 1915 Western Front
Died 23 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain John Carandini Wilson MID. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 May 1915 Wounded 23 April 1915 Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 23 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Major Daniel Jean Tenaille. Unit: 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Death: 23 May 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 23 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant (Temporary) Frederick Hunter Hyland. Unit: 7th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) Green Howards, attached as Observer to 7th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 23 May 1915 Killed in action whil
Died 23 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Charles Edward Holden Loxton. Unit: 5th Battalion (Territ.), The Prince of Wales (North Staffordshire Regiment). Death: 23 May 1915 Near Neuve Eglise Western Front
Died 23 May 1915
Imperial War Museum
Captain Conway Bennett Thompson. Unit: 14th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 May 1916 United Kingdom
Died 23 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal van Tromp, son of the Mayor of Taunton, Somerset, was killed in action, aged 34, at Vimy on 23 May 1916. This photograph was taken on his last day in England before leaving for the Western Front. He was killed six days later. Lance Corpo
Died 23 May 1916
Imperial War Museum
Captain William Speirs Barr. Unit: 18th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 23 May 1917 Of wounds
Died 23 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Cleve Ferdinand Mann 3223. Unit: 54th Battalion, 8th Reinforcements, Machine Gun Section, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 May 1917 Western Front
Died 23 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry Gurd 351301. Unit: 2nd/7th Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 23 May 1917, Arras, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 23 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Hutchinson MC. Unit: 11th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 23 May 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 May 1917
Imperial War Museum
Lance Corporal Jack Frerichs 2458A. Unit: 27th Battalion, attached to the 50th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 May 1918, Somme, Western Front.
Died 23 May 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Charles Edward White 3169. Unit: A Company, 34th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 May 1918 Died of wounds in King George Hospital London
Died 23 May 1918
Imperial War Museum