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 William Henry Irvine Shakespear , Indian Army
Died 24 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Roger Crook Pepler 652, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Died 24 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Private George Firth 11037, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 24 January 1915
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Robert Theodore Manners Downie , Highland Light Infantry
Died 24 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Private George H Jacobs 385, British West Indies Regiment
Died 24 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Hugh Reginald Freston , Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 24 January 1916
Lives of the First World War
Air Mechanic 1st Class Edward R D'Ade 9832, Royal Flying Corps
Died 24 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Bombardier Stanley Witham 45027, Royal Field Artillery
Died 24 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Captain Bernard John Charleton Dudley , Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 24 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Thomas Cuthbert Cank 116532, Royal Field Artillery
Died 24 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Ernest Clifford Vaughton 12/536, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 24 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private George Twittey 14716, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 24 January 1917
Lives of the First World War
Private Charles Wright 749, British West Indies Regiment
Died 24 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private James Nathaniel Jordan 4883, British West Indies Regiment
Died 24 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sapper William Bennett Bishop WR 312786, Royal Engineers
Died 24 January 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sister Elsie Mabel Gladstone , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Died 24 January 1919
Lives of the First World War
Serjeant John Brunton Daykins VC 205353, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 24 January 1933
Lives of the First World War
Temporary Captain Richard Digby Loveband , Army Service Corps
Died 24 January 1946
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Herbert Algernon Vale , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 24 January 1961
Lives of the First World War
Wing Commander Thomas O'Brien Hubbard, M.C., A.F.C. , Royal Air Force
Died 24 January 1962
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant-Colonel Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill , 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 24 January 1965
Lives of the First World War