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!
Able Seaman Frederick Charles Fountain J/42566, HMS North Star
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Archibald Robert Hadden , London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Charles James Critchley Blackburn , West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Driver Daniel Arthur Davies 94158. Unit: A Battery, 64th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 25 April 1918 Killed in action Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Gunner Arthur James Jarvis 63227, Royal Field Artillery
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Gunner Charles Alfred Spivey 129618, Royal Field Artillery
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Thornton Simpson Bateman 25027, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Herbert Hurtle Morphett 1972A. Unit: 51st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918 Villers-Bretonneux Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Rush DCM. Unit: 14th Company, 5th Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918 At Villiers Brellonueaux Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Bernard William Skipworth , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Charles Clement Heywood , Royal Field Artillery
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Charles Clement Heywood. Unit: Royal Field Artillery. Death: 25 April 1918, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles Gardiner , King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Charles Gardiner. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached to the 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 25 April 1918, Flanders, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Charles James Critchley Blackburn. Unit: D Company, 5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 25 April 1918 Western Front. Son of the late William and Maria Blackburn.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Lieutenant Colonel William Allsop Wistance , West Yorkshire Regiment
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant George Hope Campbell Hart. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Light Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918, Western Front.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Cecil Harold Raynham 29983, East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Gibson Broadbent 242651, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Harold Vincent Brightwell 6537. Unit: 21st Reinforcements, 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918 Villers Bretonneux Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Henry Ellis Phillips 43746, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Henry John Rowlands 31797, South Lancashire Regiment
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private John Milne Maitland 271401. Unit: C Company Royal Scottish Regiment. Death: 25 April 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Josiah Davis 13843, British West Indies Regiment
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Peter Robert Jones 304232. Unit: 13th Battalion, Tank Corps. Death: 25 April 1918 Western Front.
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private Stanley Gordon Dawtrey 1159. Unit: Headquarters Staff, 38th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private William Balden 31689. Unit: D Company, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 25 April 1918
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum
Private William Foster Line Purcell 533952, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Regimental Sergeant Major Henry Barker 240002, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Frederick James Gatward , Tank Corps
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant William Walter Compton , Royal Field Artillery
Died 25 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Sergeant Major Frank (Francis) McGraw 2111 MC. Unit: 3rd Reinforcements, 33rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 25 April 1918
Died 25 April 1918
Imperial War Museum