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 Gilbert Thompson. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers, Adjutant 13th Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion, The London Regiment. Death: 24 February 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Lachlan Henry Veitch Fraser. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 24 February 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 24 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
Private Horace William Harris 9955. Unit: "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 24 February 1915, missing in action at Neuve Chapelle, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 24 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
W English, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 24 February 1915.
Died 24 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
W English, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of pneumonia contracted on duty 24 February 1915.
Died 24 February 1915
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 February 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 February 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 February 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 February 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 February 1916
Imperial War Museum
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 February 1916
Imperial War Museum
Rifleman Frederick Charles Noakes S/26413. Unit: 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 24 February 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 24 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Ronald Walpole Durno. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to "Y" 41st Trench Mortar Battery. Death: 24 February 1917 Western Front.
Died 24 February 1917
Imperial War Museum
Kathleen Hugheston Roberts, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died on duty 24 February 1918.
Died 24 February 1918
Imperial War Museum
Ellen Caroline Meares, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died 24 February 1919.
Died 24 February 1919
Imperial War Museum
Ellen Caroline Meares, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died 24 February 1919.
Died 24 February 1919
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Mary Cawston Bousfield RRC, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty in France 24 February 1919.
Died 24 February 1919
Imperial War Museum
Nurse Mary Cawston Bousfield RRC, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on duty in France 24 February 1919.
Died 24 February 1919
Imperial War Museum