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 Edward Martin Crawley-Boevey. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, attached to Royal Fusiliers. Death: 24 December 1914 Bailleul Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain George Richard Wyld. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, Berkshire Regiment. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in Action shot by a sniper while in the trenches near Givenchy Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Captain Montagu Aubrey Rowley Cholmeley. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in action aged 38 years La Bassee, Western Front. 4th Bart. Husband of Mabel Janetta Cholmeley, of Easton Hall, Grantham.
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Alister McAndrew. Unit: 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 24 December 1914 Sniper- shot through heart Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant John Henry Gaythorne Nevill. Unit: Special Reserve (Attached to 3rd Battalion), Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 December 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 December 1914
Imperial War Museum
Private Albert Andrew Johnston 1050A. Unit: 41st Battalion, attached to D Company, 9th Australian Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 December 1915 died of wounds at Delville Wood, Western Front. Son of Charles and Amelia Anne Johnston.
Died 24 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Edgar Moffett Sirett 2922. Unit: D Company, 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles). Death: 24 December 1915 Wounded at Hohenzollern Redoubt 23 December 1915; died at 18 Casualty Clearing Station. Western Fro
Died 24 December 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Company Sergeant Major William Wilfred Hillier 92. Unit: 35th Battalion (Newcastle's Own), Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 December 1916, killed in action near Armentieres, Western Front.
Died 24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
William John Barrett 4665. Unit: 21st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 December 1916 Western Front
Died 24 December 1916
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Percival Mott. Unit: Wireless Section C Flight, 1st. Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, No. 67 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Death: 24 December 1917 Western Front
Died 24 December 1917
Imperial War Museum
Miss Catherine Cook Miller, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died of fever contracted on active service in Russia 24 December 1918.
Died 24 December 1918
Imperial War Museum