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 Archibald Clare Holland. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 27 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred Albert Sabine 17914. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 27 July 1916 Wounded and Missing Delville Wood, Somme Western Front
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Alfred James Dearden 1909. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 27 July 1916, wounded and missing in action at Albert, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Allan James Fullarton 4264. Unit: "C" Company, 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 27 July 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Harry E. Milford 4528. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 July 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private John Cavanagh 2591. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: Between 22 and 27 July 1916, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private John Gardiner 2331. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Froce. Death: between 27/07/1916 and 04/08/1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private Oliver A. Hellyer 1185. Unit: "D" Company, 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 July 1916, killed in action at Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Private William Arthur Darrington 25247. Unit: "C" Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 27 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 27 July 1916
Imperial War Museum
Major N Marks. Unit: Commanding Officer in Training, 3rd/24th Battalion, London Regiment (The Queens). Death: 27 July 1918 Western Front
Died 27 July 1918
Imperial War Museum