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!
Lieutenant George Eric Guy Stacpoole. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment.. Death: 27 January 1915 Killed in action in the trenches at St Eloi, Belgium. Western Front
Died 27 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Ben Gerald Noel Watkin. Unit: 40th Battery, Special Reserve, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 27 January 1915 Wounded by shrapnel on 25 January 1915 at La Bassee, died in hospital at Bethune Western Front
Died 27 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Second Lieutenant Harold Vernon Hutt. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 27 January 1915 Killed in action at Cuinchy Western Front
Died 27 January 1915
Imperial War Museum
Bombardier William David Hilder. Unit: 51st Battery, Australian Field Artillery, 13th Brigade, 5th Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 January 1917, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 27 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Henry Taylor 33793. Unit: 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 27 January 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 27 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private Samuel Goldman 12899. Unit: "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 27 January 1917, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 January 1917
Imperial War Museum
Sergeant Major David McGonigle 9535. Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 27 January 1917 Missing Les Boefs / Morval Western Front
Died 27 January 1917
Imperial War Museum