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!
Bombardier Leonard Oliver Fairman 876630, Royal Field Artillery
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Captain Leslie George Carr , London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Corporal 2nd Arthur Percy Cutts Harley 128964, Royal Engineers
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lance Corporal Henry Partington P/7977, Military Mounted Police
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Robert Lawrenson, DSO and Bar , West India Regiment
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Clifford Spencer 44002, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Frederick Bonsey Burgess G/15206, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private George Henry Thornton 50249, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Lawrence Pinkney 29638, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Montague Dalston Turnbull G/11647, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Oliver Moss 14130, British West Indies Regiment
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Robert Norman 3/11033, South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve)
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private Walter Robert Kyme 749, Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Private William Kernutt 35158, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Augustus Montague Sargent , Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died 27 April 1918
Lives of the First World War
Second Lieutenant Augustus Montague Sargent. Unit: 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment). Death: 27 April 1918 Died of wounds in France Western Front
Died 27 April 1918
Imperial War Museum